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A good thing to use for paractice is paint stir sticks from the big box stores.Material comes off fast so it will tech you a light touch.And good control. Stan

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Good to hear on Cane,gonna be free all the weekend,busy next Saturday.Yep give me a call and we'll work it out. Stan

Get them ground and come on out and we'llget the H/Ted.Looking good. How is Cane? Stan

Much better handle proportion on this one.Looks good. Stan

Since you already have it glued up.On DIW use fresh sharp belts and go slow or you will burn the wood.Grind some and let it cool,then grind somemore.Also be cafeful not to get the pins too hot as you will burn circles around them.Next time cut scales at 5/16".or 3/8" max. Stan

Steven,you forgot to add the part about grinding on Porters big chopper and hacking up some small trees.:biggrin: We had a great time and got alot done.It was a full and fun day. Hope your dog gets better real soon. Stan

Blade jumping around on the belt.It's caused by one of two things.Too much pressure or dull belt,or combination of both. Stan

Enjoyed haveing you out.Get those edges ground down and We will get them H/Ted.Then you can start putting them together. Shop looks good.Not near dirty enough.Next time you come out I'll send a couple of buckets of steel dust with you to spread around:biggrin: Stan

Hey Wolf,good to see you back. Stan

Heat Treating is a process done to steel,it consists of three main phases. Austinizing..bringing the steel up to the critical point of the steel Quench...cooling the steel at a rapid rate to harden. Temper.. to draw back the hardness to a useable level. They all must be done properly to get a...

Sounds like a normal day to me:biggrin:You can get really frustrated when it goes like that. Stan

One of the best places to learn and not far from you http://www.americanbladesmith.com/index.php?section=pages&id=128 Stan

Congrats Curtis...I'll take my hat off and bow low when I see you at the show in April,now that your a big time TV star.:biggrin::biggrin: Really man,could not have happened to a nicer guy. Stan

I totally agree,a nifty logo is fine for your web site or t-shirts,but you knives should be marked with your name. Stan

CPM154 for kitchen stuff,heck it's about the best all around steel IMO.I use it for all my knives unless some one requests another steel. As Laurence suggested,if you don't have much experiance 1084 or 1095 is good to learn on and since you are goint to outsource H/T either one is fine.I don't...

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I will be there withmaybe 5-6 slip joints,not real keen on them combining with the gun show but will see how it works.Hopeing for the best but not sure.Will be good to see everyone again. Stan

Cool pic Calvin.And that does not count the 4-5 little screws that I usually loose before it's all together:biggrin: Stan

That's real beauty,good luck in Little Rock. Wish I was going,maybe next year. Stan