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Larrin's book and videos are super helpful.

For my normalizing, thermal cycling, and quenching temps I did a 120 second count hold for each. I didn't go that high either on my austentizing temp. But I have a gas forge so can't say for sure. I shot for what I thought was just above 1500. Still new myself, but I carried this blade for a...

Thanks Johan - Surprisingly I did, too. Most have my knives have been pointy hunters, but I'm going to try to make a few more like this. In this case it was a skinning knife and I just didn't like the point so high. So, I ground off about 1/2 inch and kind of discovered it by accident.

first go around with a saya, too. I ended up with a good fit. It's curly maple, brass, and lined with black lightweight leather. The inside of the chicago bolt aids retention.

I have always liked stone on knife handles. First go around with it. And the next time will be between bolters or as spacers. This is serpentine. It looks like there are cracks in it, but it's not. Those straight lines are the other mineral running through it. Although it might be a fracture...

I just made one out of a file for myself - as an experiment to give local guys an alternative to the saw blades they usually use... I thought it would be simple to draw it, shape it, and put a handle on. On mine I couldn't grind it (with a ceramic belt) until I did a 400 degree temper. I've...

Wallace I know your further along in the game than me...but I'll post these pics for what it's worth... it's true oil on unstabized birch which is not a dense wood. I also used it on moose this year and it cleaned up well. Good luck.

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Thanks fitzo. I'll cache your reply. Its helpful. I've been off the forums lately but got an email from KD of recent threads. This one caught my attention because I'm not sure if you can ever keep that line clean when you start using the knife. I always seem to scratch it up later when I clean...

I would like to try that fitzo, only I can't see how to clean that up.

Thanks again for the replies.

I ended up with a nice piece of quartzite which I flattened and roughed up with a diamond cup wheel for an angle grinder and about a 60 grit diamond file. I'm not sure what grit I have yet, but it will nicely touch up my edge. It's a nice glacier blue when it's wet and will raise a slurry. I...

Thanks Tracy...that shock can interrupt a nice pass and makes it a little tougher trying to figure out my grinder.

That's all helpful. Polishing with natural stones sure caught my attention but I soon realized it could be a waste of time unless I was making/using razors. Not that I wouldn't mind, but there are lots of other ways I could use my time. I appreciate the replies, thanks. I'll probably try...

I could probably spend some time in the next forum under this one but had a couple questions anyway on sharpening. Is a polished edge practical for hunters or only used primarily for kitchen knives and razors? (I was thinking for someone's edc it'd be a matter of preference?) I also have a...

No I was waiting till I got a moose so I could hopefully get a picture of your knife with it. I thought that would have been a much nicer post. Then our season doesn't close until Jan 1st so was still looking for an opportunity the first half of the winter. I had one but wasn't sure how post rut...

I got a knife off Justin last summer. I know he said they weren't hunters but they served their purpose for me. Here's some pictures of it splitting joints for me on some grizzly someone gave us. This was a big one. I've never had anything kydex before but I like the sheath. It's got good...

I grabbed a 2" wide sharpening stone to blend out a gouge on a plungless knife the other day and it worked well. I was able to come back over it with 320 and was less than 15 min. to fix. I'm not sure if the edm stones wear faster than sharpening stones. I'd like to try them still. I could see...

Yeah my son has a lot of broken arrows I snagged before they went to trash. They're different sizes. I just measured and these are .235 and .310. I thought about broken fishing poles too, but they're tapered.

I've been working on, again working on, the technique of getting everything pretty close to done before I epoxy - guard, spacers, butt cap, pins. That way I don't heat the epoxy up when I even things out later. Then either install round pins while epoxy is setting or leave a hole and install a...