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Actually it's not to bad, i've gotten to the point where a big bowie like that only takes me about and hour to hand polish. it all depends on how nice the finish is coming off the grinder.

hey guys, I'm lookin all over for a +size piece of ironwood burl I need a 1 x 2.25 x 5 piece any leads?????

I've not heard of anyone doing Hamon on D2, my gut says it can't be done, but I'm smart enough to not say it's impossible. 1095 and 1075 will do VERY nicely Digital ovens make it a ton easier, no guessing at temps, no hot/cold spots etc. for 1095 I would soak at 1425 for about 5 minutes...

I've never used anything but my NWG and i think it does just fine..... (but I'm buying a KMG Disk VERY soon)

I've had a few knives shot by Coop and have nothing but wonderful things to say about his work. I have a question for you though out of a year's production, how many knives (by percentage) do you get professionally shot is it just the special ones how do you pick which knives get...

yike and people look at me funny when I make a big ole bowie at .375 that things GOTTA be fun 2thumbs:eek:2thumbs:eek:2thumbs:eek:

I actually think of it as better than just advertisements, I could put an ad in the newspaper, that's advertisement but what percentage of newspaper readers wants one of my knives, maybe 2%? I could rent a billboard, that's advertisement, arguable broader coverage than newspapers, but...

I spent several years following this philosophy and it served me very well. but I'm the type that needs a lot more structure to my pricing scheme. so what I did is look back at every knife I've ever sold (you DO have every knife recorded somewhere don't you, if not start NOW) and after a lot...

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Definitely, W2 will give you wonderful wispy character in the Hamon, it's really awesome stuff Thank you kindly sir, I tried to show as much as possible.

here you see my wonderful collection of paste and powder polishing compounds usually these are scattered around various places in my shop, took me a couple minutes to get them all together try all sorts of different paste polishes, they all work a little differently and each will give you a...

So now I have all three blades polished up to 1200 grit and thoroughly cleaned with windex. on the right is a 3' tall PVC tube set in a bucket of sand filled with my etchant, it's 3 gallons of water and 1 bottle (a pint) of Ferric Chloride (PCB etchant from Radio Shack) on the left I have a...

Now I go through exactly the same process at 600 grit. first I polish diagonal to the edge until all of the 400g scratches are gone gone gone then I pull my satin finish parallel to the edge, from here on ALL of my sanding will be parallel to the edge I usually don't bother with wet...

Makes my fingers hurt wahhhhh Firstly- Some tools- From bottom to top: The knife, a 1 1/4" wide piece of 1/16" 15n20 that I use for tight spots, a piece of Ipe wood 1/4 x 1", my favorite sanding tool a piece of 1/16" 15n20 with a piece of Ford Serpentine belt glued too it (you'll see...

I Voted Strider I EDC a Chris Reeve Umnumzaan and I like it, but I like the Strider's I've handled more. I like the sebbie too, but the handle ergo is somewhat lacking (i got big paws)

I put the blade in the forge still wet, never really had a problem with it falling off. I scrape it off with a crappy tomohawk I made a long while ago, then wire brush it before going to the grinder

Now I’ll start laying out a pattern, from here on the only limit is your imagination. I’m going to show you three patterns that I favor, but the possibilities are endless. #1 will be closely spaced vertical lines #2 will be widely spaced humps #3 will be widely spaced humps but should...

Now I have a nice even coat on the spine, about 1/16” thick, you don’t want a whole lot of clay, just enough to keep the quenchant from contacting the back of the blade and hardening it. Now we go back and clean up the clay from where we don’t want it. Get you a nice straight line (or...

Here we have our 3 Blades all exactly the same width, profile and length (actually one is 1/8" longer, whoops) they are all ground the same and have been Normalized First we will put a thin coat of Satanite over the entire surface of the blade. It quickly breaks up the vapor phase of the...

Firstly let's establish what Hamon "is". Hamon is a Japanese word used to define the pattern that the hardened edge of a properly made sword. A common misconception is that Hamon refers to the hardened area, this is incorrect, the hardened area is known as Yakiba. In modern knifemaking terms...