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Trying to get some base data to do testing. I am using a basic digital postage scale. I added cutting board and item to cut, then zeroed. To slice an onion in half, I saw max weight of 6 pounds. Does this sound reasonable? Is this pressure or force? once i have some base line numbers, I want to...

Here in North Carolina we have Nucor headquarters in Charlotte and a large carbon steel mill in Hertford County near the coast. The mill is on the Chowan River so large amounts of scrap can be brought in by barge.

I prefer granite for HT table tops. check local kitchen countertop stores for scrap

sounds like a good base for a 2x72 grinder.

rather than break it, put a handle on it, sharpen it, then use the heck out of it. try a better HT on next knife

i think if you say something like "bowie style" or "my version of a Loveless" or something similar, i don't see anyone getting upset.

ok, annealed will bend and stay bent, hardened will break. either way the blade is damaged.

interesting that the company sold ford 75% of the axle assemblies they use. the company continues to make changes in design which keeps it ahead of any other makers on knives, most basic designs have been around for a long time.

i have two blades, same HT, cut from same larger piece of steel. one has distal taper the other doesn't. i can flex the distal taper blade 20* to 30* using my thumb. the other blade will not flex. both blades are at RC62-63 from edge to spine.

look for eefr plans

i worked for the company that developed CV joints. they patented it in such a way, that all CV joint makers pay them a licensing fee.

i have some 2" angle iron with threaded 1/4" or 6mm holes. holes in tang are same size and have same spacing. bolt blank to angle iron. use it to sand and file

the ability to flex is geometry not HT

when you get into mechanical design of a folding knife, yes i can see unique components that could be covered by patent. if one had the time, you could reverse engineer it and make a copy.

as said above, there is almost nothing new under the sun. if I make a chef's knife, it had better look like what Sabatier and Wusthof sells or folks will look at something else. same with paring knives, slicers, butcher, cleavers..... you get the idea. you make your product different by the...

these folks have a good selection of mandrels, drums, buffing wheels, and all the necessary shaft adapters http://www.supergrit.com/

outer band is hitting land. Cape Lookout, east of morehead city, has wind at 65mph with gusts to 75.

nice job

done and done. got 10 gallon kettle in kitchen for drinking, will fill more kettles and such for flushing water.

just finished shopping, only thing I couldn't find was vienna sausage. I like the fact that we can track and forecast storms better than 40 years ago. sometimes though the first forecasts set off panic buying, i mean what is a two person household going to do with 25 gallons of bottled water...