I have been making knives for 6 -7 years now, mostly a hobby, but since I am retired now, I am going to some shows and selling more knives than just Christmas gifts etc.
I have gotten pretty descent at hardening and tempering of CPM 154 ,S30V , Damascus etc. I do have a RC hardness tester , the $900 Chinese one which appears to be accurate with a Wilson test block.
I use D2 periodically (my Step son Loves the D2 skinner I made him) and was wondering---- ( no disrespect to Mr Bob Dozier) but I have to ask:
I read that his method of handling D2 is Proprietary and I guess not shared with other knife makers. Is this true or does anyone know his technique or any other for getting the most out of D2? I am getting 58-59 but would like to do better with it .I have the Evenheat oven, aluminum plates, dry ice ( I know liquid Nitrogen is better) and use industry standard recipes . I only do stock removal and want to offer a Carbon steel along with the Crucible alloy steels and Damascus.
Im new to a forum and maybe there is a thread on this already. Just trying to learn more if I can. Thanks, Kurt
I have gotten pretty descent at hardening and tempering of CPM 154 ,S30V , Damascus etc. I do have a RC hardness tester , the $900 Chinese one which appears to be accurate with a Wilson test block.
I use D2 periodically (my Step son Loves the D2 skinner I made him) and was wondering---- ( no disrespect to Mr Bob Dozier) but I have to ask:
I read that his method of handling D2 is Proprietary and I guess not shared with other knife makers. Is this true or does anyone know his technique or any other for getting the most out of D2? I am getting 58-59 but would like to do better with it .I have the Evenheat oven, aluminum plates, dry ice ( I know liquid Nitrogen is better) and use industry standard recipes . I only do stock removal and want to offer a Carbon steel along with the Crucible alloy steels and Damascus.
Im new to a forum and maybe there is a thread on this already. Just trying to learn more if I can. Thanks, Kurt