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Life has been conspiring to keep me out of the shop recently, but I was able to work on my current project today. Customer project and my first time working with CPM Magnacut. Hand sanding was tough, but now I’m getting to the fun parts.

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Check into places that do countertops for a piece of granite. They always have cut outs from sinks and will usually give you one for free. That's where I got my first one. Nice WIP.

I really like the curve of the handle. Nice flow.

Interesting. I guess it's just me then. I'm unable to see it.

John's Instagram no longer appears to exist. His fishing one does, so maybe you're right.

Thanks for the update!

Thanks guys. I appreciate the time and input.

The only other stainless I have worked with is AEB-L. All the recipes I see for AEB-L have a "pre-heat/equalizing" step. I didn't know if it was required for all alloyed steels and wanted to make sure (Magnacut is not inexpensive).

I'm about to heat treat my first knives in Magnacut and have a question for those of you that have already done so. I've got the basic protocol for where I plan to start- 2050*F for 20 minutes, 350*F temper 2x2 hours. I'm trying to find out if you do an equalizing soak like you do for AEB-L...

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I traded a guy ammunition once for sharpening a dozen or more kitchen knives for him. That worked out in my favor.

Finishing up a Father/Son pair of axes for Christmas.

Here’s a link to a WIP that shows it: https://knifedogs.com/threads/viking-axe-mod-wip.51635/ Happy to answer any questions about it.

I'm pretty sure it's an etched finish. I believe steel wool is involved. I think it's similar to the ferric/bleach combo I do on my axes, but I have yet to try it on a blade. Most of the apprentices from Fiddleback Forge have done it. All those Georgia makers have nice clean grinds. They're...

Found you can buy bags of crushed mother of pearl on Amazon too. Not sure what the finished product would look like once mixed with resin, but looks like guys use it for doing inlays with epoxy.

Building on Chris' idea, you could also use a tube (brass or whatever) and fill it with epoxy. Much like making a mosaic pin. Just need something to make the epoxy pearlescent.

I set the edge with a used 36g, then start bevels and do 60, 120, 220, HT, then back to 120, 220, A100, A65, A45 and finish with A30 if I'm leaving a machine finish. Hand sanding will depend on if I'm shooting for hamon or not.

Does this set-up also reduce dust from grinding? That would be a nice bonus.

First knife completed after my hand injury and second one using AEB-L. Took me awhile to get my grinding groove back. Think I’m gonna really like this steel.