Masonry pitcher finished

[u/wriky]

Made from a reclaimed bearing race. Think I nailed the geometry and heat treatment on this one, after working limestone for a couple of hours it’s still sharp enough to bite into my fingernail.

[u/PheonixWrath]

aaaaawesome temper colours bro that is so fire and clean

[u/wriky → u/PheonixWrath]

Thanks! Tempered it for a few hours in my cheap rosting oven at 200c. But could barely se a color change on the edge so didn’t trust it. So decided to do a draw temper with my hand held induction heater to be safe.

[u/TittyTwister13]

Thats striking

[u/Duranis]

Wow nice job! I tend to make tools literally as I need them and never really spend the time to make them look pretty. They get the job done but none of them have ever looked as good as this does.

[u/wriky → u/Duranis]

I tend to spend way too much time on the esthetic details on simple tools, to the point where it kind of hurts to use the tool. It’s a bit of ocd I guess.

[u/bjbark]

Can you describe how you made this? I’ve been doing a stone addition to my forge, and my tools get dull so fast.

[u/wriky → u/bjbark]

Did 3 normalization cycles for grain refinement, 900c, 815c and 730c 15 min soak at each and air cool down to black heat in between. For hardening I did a 15 min soak at 800c followed by a quench in canola oil pre heated to 150c and a water quench from 150c to room temperature. A fast quench oil like parks triple A would have been preferred. But I haven’t had the need to invest in a proper quench oil yet. Fahrenheit temperatures and details in this data sheet https://cdn.newjerseysteelbaron.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/52100-Heat-Treat-7-20.pdf

[u/SomeIdea_UK]

Nice work 👍

[u/crowmagnuman]

That's a smooth line, boss

[u/1nGirum1musNocte]

Gorgeous, I'd want to hang it on my wall instead of smack it

[u/orange-century]

Hot

[u/skogskungen]

Yeah that's a god damn nice piece of metal!

[u/Marauding-thunderer]

Ok, I see what you did with the cutting profile, it’s nearly square, how well does it hold up on granite

[u/wriky → u/Marauding-thunderer]

Not sure, don’t have much granite to cut. Don’t think any steel edged tool hold up very long against granite. But the limestone I’m cutting is pretty hard and dense, I suspect it’s in upper scale for what’s possible with limestone.

[u/AllezVites]

Would you consider selling one?

[u/wriky → u/AllezVites]

I’m flattered for asking. But the reality is that I barely have time to make the stuff I want for myself. When my family and nearest friends ask if I can make something for them I usually answer sure as long as you’re not in a hurry maybe within two years 😬

[u/AllezVites → u/wriky]

Fair enough!