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Check your basic science. All water in the air, etc has contaminants.

I don't think you are getting distilled water. Distilled water is taken from boiling water, condensing this water by evaporation. You are just getting water from contact condensation with another surface that is a different temperature. And you are not removing the other elements that appear...

I have posted here from time to time with the way I do certain things. I have had a lot of makers ask where did you get that, or how did you make that. Well, I sometimes put a lot of work into things I make. And after several months of labor I build what I have been working on and I begin to...

Here is the jig I built and 3 knives that were ground on it, both flat and hollow ground.

I know but will not divulge his secret. Bill Ruple also does the same way.

A 15 minute hold is not enough for it to get to solution. Your blade is just getting to temp. After 30 minute hold time, quench the blade and when it gets to room temp, put it through a 375 F temper cycle for 2 hours. Then when it cools down, put it through another 2 hour temp. Then when...

google TW 90 or Travis Wuertz

The Musk Ox really makes that knife.

Glad it is working for you. It makes a difference. Tom

I'm running just a piece of carbon steel. I have flat ground hundreds of blades and other material on it and it is still the same surface I started with. I check it every month for wear.

When I was making lockbacks I used 302 work hardening stainless. Makes a very good spring. It comes flat. Ann Sheffields Knifemakers Supply has it in three different sizes. If she does not have any, get back in touch with me. The washers of teflon work better.

You guys should have seen PJ Tomes cut metal with his bandsaw. Blade speed was 10,000 feet per minute. Friction cutting at the speed of dangerous.

Going back to the old days. And I'm talking about 1978. I never used any heat treated parts for bolsters. I used 303 for bolsters and guards. Still use it today on combat pieces. I only use titanium for liner locks. 440C makes good springs for slip joints.

They are not shipped with the same finish. If you order hot rolled and annealed steel, the surface is just like it comes off the least sizing roll. The other finishes are surface ground, double disc ground, etc, etc. Find out what your supplier supplies and see what each steel finish will cost.

Florida Knifemakers Assoc Annual Show in October in Lakeland Contact Dan Piergallini 813-988-1568, Terry Renner or terrylmusic@gmail.ccom Gator Cutlery Club usually held in February Lakeland Florida Dan Piergallini 813-988-1568 Others are gun and knife shows where you may or may not find...

Travis sells a lot of grinders. He built me the surface grinder and I put it on a stand with a PM motor and it an be adjusted to run 2 x 48 or 2 x 72 belts. Mine surfaces perfectly flat.

Ernie did a stencil last week that just had the customers name on it and he charged me $8.00.

Have been building grinders for 35 years and I don't use heavy steel or thick steel to stop vibration. All wheels are balanced and aligned with each other. If you are having vibration it is in the wheels.

Does he sell them and tell his customers that they are blanks from somewhere else?

So will I.