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LOL. Thanks. I'm learning that I think I like stainless better. I heat treated two small EDC prototypes in AEB-L and plate quenched them. Way easier and no drama. I'll go back to W2 eventually, but I think I need to hone my skills a little first.

That's a nice looking knife. I bet it will be a real slicer.

Nice work. I hope to get there some day.

You do some really nice work. I hope that I can get mine looking as good some day.

The old method worked for one but not for both of the last two. Unfortunately the last one that cracked I was making specifically for a buddy of mine. The commonality these two knives share is that they had the thickest cement and both cracked after the cement fell off into the water. I'm...

I have two knives left to heat treat from this batch. Only had one crack when I changed my method. I will stay with the old method for the next two and see what the results are.

Last night I heat treated a knife by preheating the oven to 1460, putting the knife in and once it came back to 1460 I gave it a 10 minute soak and quenched it. The blade cracked. Tonight I heat treated another one and put it in the oven cold and heated the two together with a 10 minute soak...

Congratulations. I've only used mine a few times but I'm liking it.

Did a few more. One I left in the vinegar way too long and you can actually feel the transition on the steel. I definitely won't do that again. I ground another couple (one last night and one today) and etched them both. Not like the last one. I think the cement may have been a little too low...

Thanks for the kind replys and advice. I appreciate it.

I just took this pic in natural light (but not direct sunlight).

Not sure what I'm going to do with this one. Might just leave it unfinished. I accidentally put in a bit of a distal taper on the one side while I was grinding off the furnace cement and tried to even it out when I was doing the bevels but obviously it didn't come out too well. I also thought I...

Etched my first blade today

Awesome work.

Thanks. I liked the outcome but I don't think it is going to work the way I was hoping it would so I think I will change the style slightly. I'll post some pics when I do.

Awesome! Thank you very much. I will put them in for 1 hour at 450.

Thanks. I will follow the oven directions next time.

Thanks Warren. Would I be able to do a third temper at 450 to bring the Rc down a bit even after they have been sitting for a few days or is it something that should be done in succession?

Thanks for the replys. I'm going to send the last 4 I heat treated to someone I know who will get them tested.

That's furnace cement. I put a thin layer on and dried it with a torch and then put the thicker layer on and did the same. I knocked most of the dry puffy stuff off be some still remains. I can't find Satanite anywhere locally.