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Very nice and good to know.

The injury list is long for a lot of us who like to make things and fix stuff .. I work with my hands in both my real job and my knifemaking . There is not a week that goes by that I don't have some sort of hand injury or getting wacked somehow or somewhere . It all in good fun though.

Another one This is O1

I want to learn how to do Japanese style wrapping . I just got some stingray and I will watch some video's . Been really intrigued with this style of work as of late.

Great forum .. I like it here. I had such a busy year and I kind of burned out. But I would love to be more active here. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Nice stuff..Made in USA

Thanks...My friend was very pleased. And lifting his spirits was my exact intention .

Yes Kevin thank you .. I remember when I first started doing my own heat treat. I was working with 1095 and quenching in canola oil and using my forge and I would overheat the steel and then quench. I would make the blade and it would seem like it was good and would hold an edge. But once...

I just finished up these to blades. I made the Walnut one for a business associate (day job) who I consider a friend. He is struggling with the insidious disease of cancer. I call it my Survivor Knife. I wont accept any other outcome for this man. The second one is W2 the activity just came ...

I have quenched a few blades of O1 in parks 50 and got about 6 points lower on the RC scale out of the quench than with the slower oil . The parks was at room temperature . I was curious about that. In my small test I was able to keep it at 58 RC after tempering at 350 . I get 64/63 out of the...

nice blades and pics !!

I used to care about stuff like that .. Trying to just sell a knife any knife. I really don't care for those people. I like to deal with people who understand what made in America means . Take pride in being a craftsman the people who want that in a product will seek you out. We are all guilty...

Love old tools

That's great.. I have had my Evenheat for about a year and a half before that I had a old fashioned burnout kiln. It has made everything better for me because of being able to program . You should start saving for your grinder and if you can I recommend a VFD.. highly recommend one. Also keep in...

I used to have trouble with 1095 before I invested in a evenheat and a big bucket of Parks 50 . I use a lot of Aldo's 1095 the big thick bars and forge them down and they make some of the sharpest knives . I know there is a lot of great steel out but I still like 1095

Don't be afraid to check craiglist . I found a old school Japanese one with a bunch of test blocks fully equipped with all the weights and new diamond penetrator extra oil and a nice wooden box for everything for a $150 dollars . There was a machinists that was retiring in the area . Don...

Im going with a nice dark Maple burl that's been properly stabilized and for some hard wood I will have to go with Desert Ironwood .

Going to have to say my portaband and swag table is one of my most used tools in the shop. The best thing about it is that it cuts true . I have a Milwaukee variable speed on it and it gets used for handles and for cutting pins. I profile all the easy cuts before heading to the grinder. Switches...

Welcome .. Keep up the hard work.

You do have to consider thickness of steel . The first picture is 3/16 with 10 or 11 degree per side can't remember exactly but around there. and the second picture is 5/32 with 12 degree per side . This is how I do it. I have learned all this on my own right or wrong. I sell many knives in...