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  1. BobbyD

    Time between quench and tempering.

    I HT a batch of 52100 and 8670 today. while I was HT the first batch of 52100 my toaster oven died. Wife would not let me use her oven so I finished all the knives and waited till my HT oven dropped to 400 and used it to temper. So I guess the wait was a couple of hours before the tempering...
  2. BobbyD

    Grind Serrations with a Profile Grinder? What'da Ya Think?

    I believe North Ridge tool is making a tool for that.
  3. BobbyD

    What am I doing wrong?

    I have best results with my etch when I wash the blade a couple of times with warm water and dawn soap.
  4. BobbyD

    Proper Quenchant for 80crv2- Parks #50 or AAA?

    In larrins new book he recommends a fast oil.
  5. BobbyD

    First leather sheath.

    My leather must be a bit to thick. My stitching chisels are not long enough.
  6. BobbyD

    First leather sheath.

    This sheath went much smoother. The back still needs a lot of work
  7. BobbyD

    First leather sheath.

    Thanks. Walnut and Maple both are stabilized.
  8. BobbyD

    Parks #50 Sourcing

    Shipping to me in NC was 52 bucks
  9. BobbyD

    Parks #50 Sourcing

    Got some on the way. Lady was super nice.
  10. BobbyD

    Parks #50 Sourcing

    I tried to find some the other day with no luck. I guess I will give them a call.
  11. BobbyD

    First leather sheath.

    BTW I want to thank scherf68 he sent me a couple of stiching forks and a hammer. All lwhich I used in this project.
  12. BobbyD

    First leather sheath.

    I don’t think it was a finger nail mine are short but it differently was laying on something sharp.
  13. BobbyD

    First leather sheath.

    Worst that that. When I was punching the holes l just went all the way around not thinking of the bottom point. I was on a roll lol. So I have a empty hole on the top of the point. I did the holes before I glued up.
  14. BobbyD

    First leather sheath.

    Finally got a enough together to start making leather sheaths. After going over Dennis’s tutorials over and over again i got my feet wet today with a small scout carry. I am pretty happy with it. Boy I learned a lot. For one as usual I did not allow enough extra material. I Really did not have...
  15. BobbyD

    No more blisters!

    Wow five layers. Where did you purchase?
  16. BobbyD

    Need some leather working advice.

    Kentucky fisher man that link does not work. scherf68 wow thanks for the offer. What not use the 6 prong?
  17. BobbyD

    Dagger time !

    Thanks my daughter loves it.
  18. BobbyD

    Dagger time !

    That was a challenging project to say the lest. definitely a hard one to sharpen.
  19. BobbyD

    Dagger time !

  20. BobbyD

    Need some leather working advice.

    Thanks. Looks like I need a #2.
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