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Grizzly.com has a bench top tester for 829.00 shipped. I am curious about the hardness files I have seen online. Has anyone tried these.

Thanks for the input guys. I know that there is no one size fits all steels out there. I also understand that the heat treat plays a critical role in performance. Just wanted to see what others thought would come close.

I have an order for a survival type knife. The customer want a high carbon steel. He wants to be able to baton with it so it needs to be tough. He wants it to be easy to sharpen with good edge retention. What steel would be good to use?

I will be getting a 22 quart stainless roasting oven from Walmart next week. $60. Don't need a separate heat source.

True. I am one who found this out. If you are ordering the element from Budget Casting use only one of the 240 volt. I used two and could not get the oven to temp. I removed one and stretched it to the maximum manufactures recommendation and the oven is working great. One coil one SSR.

Thanks for the links. It is happening mostly with the Blaze belts.Time to try some others. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

I have been getting hard black crud on my platen. It happens with both steel and glass platen. It scrubs off with solvent. I know it is coming from the belts. Not all of the belts do it. Anyone know the cause of how to prevent it?

Thanks guys. Another question for you. If I wanted to etch a design not a hamon but maybe stars or flames would I use the acid un deluded. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

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I want to try etching a hamon on a blade made from 1084. I know the acid needs to be deluded. How much acid to water do I use. Thanks.

Rhinoknives Are you using counter top type ceramics or something else Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I will be going with the glass. Bush monkey. How do you attach the marble. How much service do you get out of it. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

I am using a piece of 1/4 x 2 mild steel for my platen. It wears fast so I can get maybe 5 blades with a good finish before it needs resurfacing. I want to make a hardened platen for it. What would a good steel be for this application? I can HT and temper the 10x steels in my shop but would have...

4 1/2 gallons of water. 5 lbs salt 32 oz dawn dish soap the blue stuff 8 oz shaklee basic 1 or jet dry. the recipe can be halved if needed. Be sure to wash the blades in fresh water well as soon as posable after quenching or they will rust like crazy. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Thanks mudman Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Finished these two tonight. Both are 1084. Homemade Burlap and Denim handle. Spaulted Maple handle.

Thanks. Do you use a step drill for the holes. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Thinking of using JP Bolts on my next knife. Any tips on installing them?

Use a drill bit the same thickness as the blade. Clamp it to your bench and slide the cutting edge along the drill tip. Flip blade over and repeat. This will give you true center. Mark blade edge with a black sharpie before scribing. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

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