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By the way... on the CPM154CM knife on the right, that is Boss's MCAM G10. I freakin' love that stuff.

So I took a little vacation with the family to an island off the coast of South Carolina. I took along the Elmax knife and also a knife made from CPM154CM for some high humidity and salt water testing. I have to say, the Elmax kicked the CPM's butt in rust resistance. The Elmax knife, which...

Thanks bjohnson. The knife was heat treated, triple tempered and cryo treated by Peters to 58RC. So not terribly hard for such outstanding edge retention.

While not nearly as cool as donning a hockey mask and trying to chop a cinder block, which I have always thought was really a special-education type thing, I did decide to really test the edge and cut a used 36 grit ceramic belt. That little knife actually made 4 cuts through the belt before the...

Here's a slight addendum. I found some stuff around the shop to cut up. First is a cardboard tube. I just went round and round cutting it down to size. I got to 230 someodd cuts before I lost count. Then I went on to cutting more cardboard. I sliced up a pretty fair sized box into...

Afternoon Gang, I finally got to finish me knife made form the bar of Elmax from the raffle and just got done testing it out. All I can say is holy moly, this stuff is awesome. I didn't get any photos of the bar when I got it to start this off right, but picture in your head a long rectangle...

I actually just got my piece if Elmax from the raffle here back from heat treating. Got the finish grind done on it yesterday going to grip it today. So far I am loving this steel. After it's all done and I beat the snot out of it, I'm going to post photos and a full review. But yeah, so far it...

I don't blame you there chap. Sounds like getting replacement parts in fun to say the least. Yeah Cumming is interesting. I live in north Forsyth, almost in Dawsonville.

I love that grinder. Sorry yours has issues, that sucks. They're great as long as you don't force the metal into them. They will stall. I'm actually running 4 of them right now. 1 set up with 36 grit belts, 1 with 80, 1 with 180 or with 400 grit cork and one set up for grips. The first thing I...

I use the Grizzly T10010 and I love that stinkin' machine. I've used the Tormek, but honestly, for me, I didn't see enough of a difference to make me trade in the Griz for the Tormek.

He's already taking the replacement for a test drive.

1/4" 1095, heat treated, triple tempered and cryo'd by Peter's to RC 58.

The pieces are actually on the way back to me, with a small bag of sand from the spot where it happened. I'm going to take photos and get a better look at it and send it back to him. He already has a possible replacement that he is field testing right now.

... and finally got pics and some more details, so I can finally let the cat out of the bag. It's kinda long, so be forewarned. I made a knife for a member on another board, we'll call him Mark. He got a SEER Mk IV with green and black wood grips, it was a thing of beauty. This is what he got...

Hi Gang, Here is one that I finished up a little while ago. It's 1/4" 1095, with a satin finish, ironwood grips, both edges are convexed. 7" blade and 5" handle with skullcrusher.

Woot! I got wood, er, I mean steel.

That's awesome man, good on you. If by chance my lowly number is chosen, I'll gladly donate it to whoever has the 2nd most number of posts here.

I would be down with trying out some Uber steel

This is my Reflection Mk VII- double edged with a recurve lower main edge- Shadow patina, tan furniture: The Reflection Mk V- desert patina, black furniture:

I'll tell you cubby, I went through the whole researching applied finished thing. I tried Duracoat, guncoat, etc. Never got past the prototyping and testing phase. The duracoat was a huge joke. I even tried baking it on, just to see what would happen and it still came right off. I even sent some...