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I have a 1/4" thick 11" chunk of Elmax and some jade g10 scales. I have an awesome recurve planned for myself, but tr only progress I've made is gluing my template to the billet. I want one of those seed pods! Who sells them?

Fantastic! On my next order I'll probably get some extra to do my own testing with. I have to say, the prospect of getting a durable blade that hard has me very excited... Pending results of course

I love nicknames, especially when they are applicable! Very cryptic one, aren't you? Not sure what you mean about playing on the edge, but if I have enough rope I can have a lot of fun there!

So they are claiming this stuff can make a usable knife blade at without it being too brittle? That seems kind of counter intuitive according to everything everyone seems to know about all the other steels. Since it always seems to be a give and take between hardness and toughness - What...

Hey guys. Looking from some advice from some of you who have experience with cerakote/durakote/gunkote. What are the differences between them? Is there any advantage to having it done vs using the rattle can and oven? I've got a couple tactical builds I'm about to start and the clients...

Thats basically what I did for my leather knife. It is D2, ground out with a 1" sheepsfoot blade, hardened, and not tempered. Goes through leather like a warm knife in butter, and will not likely need to be sharpened any time soon. IF the only thing the blade will touch is leather, you...

Great. Thanks for the response Tracy. If this stuff performs that well for me, I'll likely be laying dibs on some of that incoming inventory! BTW, loving my evenheat. Showed up quick, and hasn't cooled down since. -matt

Thanks for all the info guys. I'll be heating this blade tomorrow; taking my daughter on her first camping trip today, but she is only 5 so I'll b home late morning. Will let you guys know how it comes out

Great. Thank you for the quick response. So on the quench, I'm only set up for plate quenching. Is that sufficient alone, or do I need to set up a fluid quench. If so, what is the best fluid and how should I set it up? And which tempering do you use? And what hardness range have you seen...

Just hoping to get some pointers on heat treating elmax. I have an evenheat, and have done D2 and 440c. I just finished prepping my first elmax blade for HT, and wanted to gain insight from anyone experienced with this metal. I loved the way it grinds and sands, but I'm a little timid...

What else would it mean? :nothing: I get the point, though. I will definitely mind my p's and q's

I've been hanging around reading here from time to time, and I've been very active on other knife forums, so figured it was time to start playing post tag with you guys too. The name is Matt, been making knifes for a relatively short time, but still love doing it. I work as a...