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are they still in business, seems the phone number on their web page is no longer in service. Boy I would like to get one of those kilns....

Hey guys, well Saturday night I used the old coal fire forge and HT'ed 4 blades, I let them cool out side to ambient temp. i placed them in the bottom of a small igloo cooler, used 3 pints of isopropal 91% and 3 lbs of dry ice. AT first as i was placing ice chunks into the alcohol it was...

I hear you, they will cool fast, because I'll be out in the back yard heat treating them!!!

Hey guys, sitting here at work thinking about what the metallurgist at Starrett steel told me about heat treating their O1. He said after HT and oil quench, when the knife is at room temp to toss them in the deep freeze or dry ice if I wanted too. ( I am paraphrasing here) My question is after...

Thanks Ed, that is what I was thinking, get it as close to finished before the steel is hard. I am using O1 steel and I heat treat in my coal fired forge.

How finished should a blade be before you heat treat? the latest blades I am working on I decided to sand them up to 320 grit paper, is this overkill?

thanks gentlemen, I bought some Aluminum Oxide and it worked

thanks guys, I have been watching videos on youtube,guys using their belt sanders to sharpen the blades. I would like to learn that way. Currently i wam working on a motor control that will cut the speed of my (harbor freight ) bench sander in half so I can use that to sharpen.

So i sent my first 3 knives to a guy to sharpen them, well it was a disaster, he did it by hand, and put too many scratches in the blades, and you cold not shave hair with it. So the next 3 knives went to a shop that sharpens things for a living, he did it on a belt sander at 22 1/2 degrees...

quick update, I am almost finished with one of the skinning knives. A good friend of mine, is getting this one. I used cocobolo wood for the handle.

hey guys, was trying to beadblast one of my blades today. I am using glass bead, i do not know what the grit is. It is not really doing much to the blade, is my blade too hard? do I need to use different media? looking for a nice matt finish on my blade. The hardness of the blade should be...

So last night I heat treated the blades in my "forge" I heat them up till they are non magnetic and maybe an extra 30 seconds to a minute. and quench them in 120* mobile1 for about 30 seconds. I de grease them, and sand the scale off, then to the kitchen oven set to 400* for 45 minutes, I...

I have to admit I use a jig to put the edge profile on. However, I did freehand some of it as well.

Okay I am using a grinder with a cutoff wheel to rough cut the blades out. I can tell you, I need to be more careful using that darn grinder, one small slip and I gouged the blades..once is bad enough, but it happened twice this time around.. Once I have them rough cut, i use a 6 inch bench...

He guys, here is my fifth and sixth attempt at making knives. Blade material is Starrett O1 oil hardening tool steel coal fired forge... don't tell anyone but I am using my Brinkmen smoker charcoal bowl!!!!! Quenching in Mobile 1 5w 20 motor oil Tempering in my kitchen oven... Don't tell...

thanks guys, i like the bottom one as well, the one on the right is my least favorite. Cojab, nope didn't get to use them on the hunt....

So, here is my first attempt at knife making. Was toying with the idea of making a skinning knife to go along with the muzzle loader hunt. ( meaning here in Colorado it is a primitive weapon hunt, no scopes, no pelletized powder) so I took a "stab" at making a primitive camp/ hunting knife and...

thanks for the input Doug, BTW I am using O1 tool steel. I will give 1/8 and 3/16' a try. the reason I went with the 3/32 is, i looked at lots of production type knives and they are around the 3/32 thickness... Being an avid hunter, a good skinning knife makes a field dressing job go by quicker.

Just wondering what your opinion was on blade thickness on a skinning knife. I am currently using O1 steel 3/32" thick. is there any reason to go thicker? I see lots of people using 3/16 and some 1/8" is it aesthetics or is there a good fundamental reason for using thicker steel? Aaron