Recent content by Kurt Krueger

I've added some pictures of the tank and cart. Note: Oxygen tank is not included. I have a 100 lb. LP tank and 2-wheeled cart that needs a new home. There is still some gas in the tank, but I don't know how much. I'm in the Twin Cities North Metro, make reasonable offer. -Kurt

Thanks Tracy, that's exactly what I was trying to articulate. -Kurt

Oh man, I'd started this reply the other day and just finished it now. I didn't realize the additional attention it had received. Darrin, the test you recommend reminds me of a lab experiment we did when I was in school, a Jominy Bar Test. It was a round bar, about 3/4" in diameter and about...

Sorry for the delay in my response... Stuart, I think we're in violent agreement here. We agree that poor plate contact is why the entire blade edge didn't get hard. I'm saying that the reason for the poor plate contact is that the bevels, being ground before heat treat, allowed a gap between...

Ken, short answer is, I didn't, and acknowledge that not being perpendicular to the surface will affect the results, but for gross measurements, I believe the measurements do reflect the observed behavior of the cutting edge. It's definitely soft. Stuart, I agree, Peter's heat treat is very...

Last year I sold a knife to a guy who wanted to give it to his brother as a best-man's gift for his wedding. He loved it, field dressed and butchered a bear and 3 deer with it. Last winter, I asked to see it to evaluate how it was holding up. I was dismayed to find that the edge looked like...

I've had great luck getting scary sharp edges on AEB-L. I use an Edge Pro, so no machine grinding. My process moves up from 120, 220, 400, 600 and to 1000 (5000 Chosera / 8000 Shapton) and then a leather strop. What I do is establish the edge with the 120 stone until I've got an even bevel on...

I got an expanded polystyrene "cooler" (like the cheap '70's beer cooler) used to transport temperature sensitive drugs. I's 2" thick with a good form fitting lid. I discovered that the denatured alcohol would leak through the walls, so I painted it with several coats of paint I had laying...

Thank you. this is all a work in progress. Time'll only tell where it leads. -Kurt

Thanks. I'm rather new to the knife hobby, this is my 10th, and even more so the leather work. These 3 sheaths are my 5th, 6th and 7th. My cousin's husband is an executive at a rifle company and wants to allow his business partner and himself to both field test the knife, he's right...

Thanks. AEB-L, .135" thick, heat treated to 61 HRC.

I finally got around to making a light box so I could take better pictures of my work. Here's a shot of my latest, a hunter in AEB-L, leopard wood with brown and black micarta spacers. This was part of a trade deal with my cousin's husband for a rifle I built for my niece to deer hunt with...

What you describe sounds similar to my setup. I used a 30 gallon steel trash can instead of a 5 gallon pail, however. I tried to cover the lower end of the duct with a little water, but that foamed up all over the place (I add a little dish soap to the water. That reduces the surface tension...

Thanks. I hope he's pleased. Dog's going back in for a refresher course on Thursday, wouldn't want him to hold my pooch for ransom. :9:

Actually a repair job, but hey, fit my first guard, made a broaching tool and squared off the blind hole for the tang etc. Gotta wave the victory flag now and then eh? A guy who did some training for my dog, Guinness, asked me if I'd trade some training time in exchange for repairing an old...