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This has been very helpful to me, as I have an order for a knife with a hamon, my second and I want it better than my first one was, now I know what to focus on. Thanks Dogs. Dale

Gene, hope this can help. The way that I do my foil, is to cut a large enough piece to get a double fold or seal around all edges while not crimping it so close to the blade that you puncture it with the point or other sharp edge, when the foil is cut then I make an envelope by folding in half...

Thanks guys for the help. I plate quench 440C, and A2, D2, and have great results, but was confused by the Crucible data sheet on the CPM154 when it said oil quench. Thanks again for clearing that up. Dale

Thanks Cliff, thats what I thought I had read before, but then when I saw the data sheet, I thought I had imagined it. Thanks again. Dale

I am about to make some knives using CPM154, and looking at the Crucible data sheet on it, they say quench in oil or positive pressure of 4 bar minimum, or salt quench to 1000 then air cool to below 125. My question is, does anyone plate quench CPM154? how does it work with plate quenching? If...

Very nicely done. I was thinking an EDC Bowie, that will get heavy, and then came that last pic. I like that alot.

If you send out for heat treat, just about any steel normally used for knives would be a good choice, A2 would be an excellent choice for a hunter, EDC, skinner, when heat treated properly it takes a very good edge and holds it very well, but you can't go wrong with good old O1 either. For good...

They must all be NS, because a magnet will not attract to any of it. Thanks for the help guys. Dale

I ordered some 416 stainless pin stock, and also some NS pin stock all in the same sizes and quanity. It was shipped all in the same sack, with no ID tags. How do you tell whitch is the stainless and whitch one is NS. I tried grinding each, filing each, and cutting with cutters, all seem soft, I...

I have made several fillet knives from 1/16" 440C, and yes warpage is a problem, my next 2 will be profiled and drilled, then heat treat, then grind the bevels. As far as the heat treat, I treat just like any other knife made from 440C, and they have good flex. As Josh said, grinding that thin...

Thanks Wayne, but I was in need of flat stock, I am a stock removel guy. I have decided to switch over to CPM154cm from Pop's. That is where I used to get my 440C, it was nice clean 440C, but that is not available any longer. Thanks to all who responded. Dale

Thanks Gahagan.

Where is a good place to buy precision ground 440C?

My name is on the list, just confirming that I am in, and looking forward to it. Already thinking about what to make. Thanks Sean for doing this.

While cutting wood from log tops this fall, all Oak, we came across some very nice spalted pieces, that I saved from the furnace, it is in the shop drying out good before cutting up into blocks, I also cut a Black Jack Oak burl off of a tree to see what it looks like, it had a nice redish color...

Your best bet would be either stabilized wood or Dymondwood. Dymondwood holds up very well, the only problem is getting it in undyed woods that look like wood, the Oak and Cocobolo, and Walnut look nice to me. Also Tru Oil gunstock finish does pretty good, as long as you hand dry them after hand...

Price Drop, now $125.00

How much protection from a lawsuit does an LLC really offer you? I have been looking at forming an LLC for my knife business, and have heard that it prety much protects your personal things completely if you get sued, then others have said not so much. Is an attorney the only way to find out for...

Very well done. What is the handle material?

I like that!