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Thanks NPD!

Just posted pics of mine in the Pics thread. Thanks for letting me play, guys!

Her are some pics of mine. After the pics were taken, it slipped out of my hand and I dropped it and chipped the back corner of the handle, so it now has a nice, even chamfer around the back - I actually like it more now :) Some Specs: Blade - CPM 154 Guard: 410 SS with G10 spacers Handle...

Mine's done. will post pics over the weekend.

I agree. A brushed finish won't look right to me on that knife. Awesome work!

Awesome, thanks Darrin! Much appreciated!

Thanks Darrin. Let me ask a (potentially) silly question. When I take the blade out of the oven, and lay it down on one of the aluminum quench plates, will the 2 or 3 seconds that it takes me to get the other plate on top of it make it warp because it cools down slightly faster on one side than...

So I got fed up after two more temper cycles, and just annealed the blade again. As soon as it came out of the oven - straight as an arrow... I've ground it clean and will will normalize it again before trying to harden it. Hopefully this time it will stay straight

I would love to throw one in as well, if its not too late to join the party. I've got a knife done already, but might throw in a little folding goodness instead. Hmmm, decisions, decisions...

Thanks a lot guys. I really do appreciate it! I'll let y'all know how it turns out!

Thanks Darrin. Dumb question - won't that affect the overall hardness of the blade eventually? Given that this is a kitchen knife, I would want to keep it as hard as possible (60-ish RC)

Hey guys, Need your help on this one. I heat treated a large kitchen knife (CPM 154, 12" blade, 2 1/2" wide, 1/8" thick) and it took a slight bend during process. I've tried just about anything I know of and could read up about straightening bends, short of re-heat treating the knife. Let's...

No the guard was done by hand with 100 grit paper and a small sanding block. The scotchbrite belt is pretty aggressive when you touch wood with it, so it gouges out the wood at the join between the wood and the guard, leaving a very noticable dip in the transition.

Thanks Rex!

Thanks guys!

Thanks for the comments, Rudy, Ausbrooks and Percy! Much appreciated!

Thanks, Mike!

Thanks Laurence! I appreciate your comments.

Hi guys, Haven't posted a picture of a knife I've made in a while, so I thought I'd share one for you guys to give me some feedback. After being inspired by Nick Wheeler and his thread(s) on the Paranee fighters at the end of last year, I made my first fighter-style knife, and while I was...

That IS very nice. Excellent work!