Knife making - OLD FILE Knife made the Right Way

In this video we have shown the right way of making a knife from a file. We used a spectrometer to determine the steel type (combined with a knowledge of what types of steel old files were made of) to be able to heat treat it properly.

Special shoutout to Sietter for bringing the knowledge about hamon on files:
https://www.youtube.com/user/sietter
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The knife was handsanded to #800 grit before the first etching, then to #1500 before the 2nd one

Heat treatment:
-Austenizing temperature: 820 C
-Tempering: 180 C

Specs:
Wavy
Steel: Old File (NC5) 6mm
Length: 240 mm
Blade width: 35 mm
Blade length: 125 mm
Handle: Stabilized wood, brass pins
Weight: 250 g

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Music:
Pink Flamenco - Doug Maxwell
Kevin MacLeod - Sardana
Endless Love Stories by Idan Balas (licenced via Artlist.io)

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