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Doug; Thanks for your help and explanation. That makes perfect sense. You may be right about the temperature. The reason I say 350 is I am usning the household over right now for tempering and I monitor the temp with a seperate thermometer that has a probe that goes in the oven and the...

I had a 5160 blade that I was tempering in the kitchen oven. I was going to turn the oven off but got in a hurry to go somewhere and forgot to turn the oven off. The blade was left in the oven at aprox 350 for 4 hours and this was the 3rd temper cycle. Being new at doing this I asked some...

Thanks Guys; I believe I will try the JB Weld. I just thought solder was how all the pros did it. Solder is a real pain. So is properly fitting the gaurd for us rookies. Hope to see you at the Blade Show.

I soldered a gaurd on my blade and may have gotten it too hot as its performance is not as good now. Teh blade is 5160 3/16" at thiskest part of spine with full tang and I had almost 2 inches of ricasso. Has anyone tried the paste or gel they make to protect form heat? Would this be good to...

Thanks Ed I guess this knife would fall into the combo category. I ground it flat up to the point of heat treating it and then did a very slight convex for the final shaping. The blade would fall into the hunter type category. I am making it for utility use for a family member to take to...

I am new on this forum and new to knife making. This is the third blade I have forged and thought I would throw this out for some help. I am working on a blade of 5160 aprox 3/16" at the thickest part of the spine and aprox 5" long. I did a triple quench in mineral oil. Triple tempered in...