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Happy days guys! I heat treated two tantos and a copy of a Randall mini Model 1 yesterday and only one came out with any sort of warp at all, and that was minor. I clamped it up in my three point vice getup (didn't have any angle iron, or I'd have tried that) right out of the quench while it...

Yeah, this has been a good discussion. I'm just assuming I'm going to have warped blades and preparing beforehand how to deal with it. I think I'll have some pieces of angle iron in the vise when I quench and be ready to tweak the tang if needed. Looking forward to my experiments. Thanks guys, I...

Thanks Josh, you might have convinced me to try clamping flat. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully all my blades will come out of quench straight as an arrow! :)

I'm using 3/16" steel, probably too thick for me to straighten by hand. I'm gonna stick with the three point bender until I get it right! All my tangs are tapered, so clamping flat probably would not work for my situation. Maybe if I rigged up some supports for the tang though. That's a thought.

Thanks, I'll give that a try. I set up a three point press in my vise when I'm HT, and use that to bend against the warp. I'll try the heat and water trick with that, might be the ticket. Something here is going to work! :)

Hi Fred, nice to hear from you! I'll try to come up with a setup like that I can use with tapered tangs. I usually try to undo warp with a three point placement in my vice, just bend against the warp and hope for the best. I'll do this immediately after quench as you guys suggest. But who knows...

Thanks Bruce, yeah, that's totally exciting! I dig this project, it's turned me on to no end. :) I'm with you all the way, you can be sure of that! Thanks,

Bruce are you going to machine the sides of the octagon in? Just curious how you're planning to do that one. My low tech method would be to grind the flats flat. :) Not very accurate and certainly not good enough for a project like this.

Thanks Josh and Eric. I should have mentioned the steel. I'm using precision ground O1 from Flatground.com. I've been using the same steel for many years, the brand is, I believe, Pesco. My precise process is to heat to 600, apply Brownell's PBC non-scaling powder, ramp to 1455 and hold for...

First let me apologize for only stepping in here when I need something. It's been a long time since I posted here, mostly because I haven't been making lately. But that recently changed! Finally got some steel and ground out a couple of knives yesterday. Getting ready to HT and I have a concern...

Man this sure turns me on! I'm really excited about this one. Nice to hear you're going to octagon the barrel, that'll be sweet as pie. Thanks for letting us inside your shop Bruce, it's a real treat. Have a wonderful day!

Excellent Bruce! You've made my day in a big way! :D Can't wait to see how this develops...

Thanks Bruce, this is going to be a wild ride! We all appreciate the extra time it takes to do a WIP. You're one of the good guys. :) You've given me something to live for. :D

Bruce, that sounds totally excellent! I can't wait to see what you're going to build. When you have the drawings finalized, that would be a good thing to lead off with here! :) I'm salivating...

Michael I gotta tell you that is cool as it gets. Thanks for the look inside!

Fantastic! Woo-HOO! Way to go Bruce! That is one beautiful piece, I've told everyone I know about it. Congratulations!

Bruce and Brian, that is awesome! I love seeing this in progress, and it goes so well with the WIP thread. Thanks a million for sharing this, I've been wondering how the engraving was coming. This is great!

That's awesome Bruce, but no surprise to me! These works are truly something special and we're graced to get to watch their creation. What a treat. Congratulations! An honor well earned.

Man that's beautiful! I love seeing it in all its glory, a wondrous thing. Thanks Bruce, for the time you've taken to guide us through your process on this project. It's been a trip.

That's the first picture I've seen of the gun assembled, it looks really good! Can't wait to see the whole thing, engraved and all... Great job Bruce, this is a wonderful thread and a super project. You live in a beautiful place too. Lucky man.