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I am going to glue these up. I do like the idea of removable scales to change out easily. This is a tactical style knife and sometimes people like to "customize" the scales to their preference. I never thought of powder coating, good idea. I work strictly with carbon steels so rust is always an...

Thanks for the reply! I always like to try different things and while I was making this knife with these screws I thought ,why not leave them removable then considered the rust issue. After considering the rusting issues I am going to glue it up but thought I'd check for other suggestions. Steve

I have glued my scales in the past, so I thought I would try something different and make a knife with removable scales. I finished the knife but now I am concern with moisture getting under the scale and causing problems down the road. What do you all do ? thanks Steve

It would be slotting the guard, just when it looks good you get it on and there is one little gap ARRRG !! My least favorite is hand sanding those last stubborn scratches ...steve

I have made a few burners in the past and had some of the same problems. My first thought is the size hole on your nozzle is maybe too small causing to build up too much pressure and not giving you enough gas to get real hot. It is a balancing act to get the right mixture. I have used a #60 to...

nice I have that on my to do list as well.I have been using a spring fuller it works fine just looks like this would work better. What kind of steel did you use ?...steve

very nice and thanks for taking the time to share. I was wanting to build my own press but was thinking it was out of my league looking at your build I'm sure of it...steve

I have looked at there kilns and they looked good . Instead I went and built my own.after buying all the stuff I think I would have been better off buying one of theirs. the price is not much different....steve

junk/unknown steel is good to practice forging with but when it come to heat treating you need to know what you have to reliably produce the same results every time. It could be you had a lot of decarb on the surface so if you ground the top layer off you would be into the harder steel just a...

Like Darrin said I would go with the quench oil. You can order McMaster-carr 11sec oil for $16 a gal . I use this on my 5160 with great results. You are way better off using oil designed for it purpose .....steve

grate pictures I was there last year and had a fun time. I am not sure it is the same place it looks much cleaner than when I was there LOL.

I would be interested in seeing your press pics Darrin. I agree with Ed in having your name on the blade, so at the blade show I ordered a stamp. I just have not been able to get good results so I haven't used it on a knife. steve

That looks like fun . Like Rudy it would be hard for me to do that to my anvils. now if I could find one that needed work hummm? Steve

I hate to ask but if there is a copy that can come my way that would be great. I have been looking at good kiln people and thinking of building my own just haven't decided which way to go. was it much cheaper to build your own .There 24 inc kiln is $500.00 at good kiln it seems like a good...

I have made 5 or6 knives out of cruforge V so I am certainly no expert. I did think it forged fairly well , it does decarb and you need to leave plenty of steel to grind off after heat treating .I tempered it at 400 worked good 375 was just too low. The test/ shop knife I made has held up well...

Congrats on the new job I hope it works out ...Steve

welcome back that sure looks like a fun time all around....steve

I also contacted a local sales rep. for Houghton to get a price on there K quench it was 175.00 + shipping ....steve

Man that looks Fantastic . I like the guard shape .......steve

I think you could do three normalizing cycles starting at critical temp then reducing temp then an anneal. Then quench in the urine just remember it must be from a male ....steve