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Yeah I got it through Alec Steele Co. Wish I could afford the SGA, even though I don't have any need for it right now. Gear addiction is a thing. But I can quit anytime, I swear!

It’s a 2x48 by an Australian company called 84 Engineering.

Well worked on my first grind. Lots to learn, and plenty I need to go back and fix after going over it outside of my shop. Really need to work on my weak side grinding too.

I'm honestly so very confused. Everything I have ever read about Hitachi steels is how high quality they are and how on point their manufacturing is. White steel is extremely sought after, probably right after Super Blue, when it comes to kitchen steels and prominently used in high end Japanese...

I use a 3M Versaflo since I have a large full beard, but there are plans out there to print adapters for 3M filters to work with the Resp-o-rater if you have a 3D printer or access to one. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3229013

Is there a local Maker community? If there is a maker center they might have a hardness tester.

I'm assuming this is for the 2x72? I have the 2x48 but it doesn't look like they are compatible.

Back from heat treat, now the real work begins.

Thanks, I figured that was the answer but wanted to be sure I wasn’t missing something obvious. Appreciate the response,

Okay here goes nothing on what I think is probably a dumb newbie question but I wanted to check here before writing this off. I'd like to try out some Takefu suminagashi, but I was hoping to find a way to create some movement in the clad layers instead of simply having the linear lines. But I...

Cleaned up best I could and ready to head out for heat treat.

Here is my little shop. It's a single stall in a former horse barn of a family friend. They haven't had horses in a while so it was sitting un-used when they offered it to me after I mentioned wanting to start making knives. I still need to add some shelved below the benches for storage to get...

I have not but I will make sure to do that.

Profiled a few more and cleaned up my first one. I need to figure out what needs to be done to clean them up before sending them off for heat treatment.

“Finished” setting up. Got started on profiling my first know. Design got a bit away from me but you live and learn.

Working on setting up a "shop". Still have a bit to go but hopefully in the next few weeks I can finish up and start ruining steel as I learn to grind.

Talonite is Stellite 6BH, it's a hot rolled alloy of Stellite. Generally Stellite 6K is what is used in knives when someone says "It has a Stellite blade"

Once the overseas fakes start coming in, you're set :D

Until they find the crop tool and just make the image smaller. You need to have those watermarks moved into the center if you want to cover all your bases. It will however pretty much crap up the picture, so the question becomes does the potential for more improper use of your photos outweigh...

We were supposed to get 7" of snow today, but looks like we only got 4-5" and storm is all but over. Winds are kicking up pretty hard.