Recent content by rabunsmith

Thanks, Ed, for your feedback. Meanwhile I used a left-over piece and ground an edge on it. Tested it first on oak by hitting the piece with a mallet. Everything is fine. Then I did the same thing to a 3/8 wide extrusion of 6063 aluminum - three times. The first two showed a bit of nicking, and...

Usually, I just forge ordinary steel, and play with jewelry stuff. I had bought a flat of CPM154 at the Blade Show, just having heard this is the ultimate stainless knife steel. I made four good looking fixed blades. However, I have no access to a temperature controlled furnace. So, I did the...