[quote name='Ed Caffrey' date='18 April 2016 - 12:35 PM' timestamp='1460997337' post='16763'] Oh yeah.....I know all about the "new forge" blues. ...

[quote name='Ed Caffrey' date='18 April 2016 - 08:39 AM' timestamp='1460983156' post='16756'] That grain is pretty large. For lack of a better way ...

Ill take your word as a master smith, and I will get better with my heat treats and tempers as a result of your sharing. 2 hour cycles at 415 d...

The cold water between tempers I got from this forum. I have not done so yet, an d if there is a chance at it being the wrong method, then Ill wait u...

lost the reply I typed. Im doing 1084 steel. I have W2, bar but will hold off on that for now. my Knife is 1/4 thick 6 in blade (1 3/4 wide...

ok - the 01 did anneal enough to drill pin holes, but as kevin said, it is still fairly hard. Thats good experiment and a lesson learned. I know have...

I had these sitting in vermiculite overnight, then read this Kevin. When I get home form work, ill pull them out and throw in scrap pile. I dont hav...

[quote name='Ed Caffrey' date='10 April 2016 - 03:23 PM' timestamp='1460316181' post='16671'] Try to find vermiculite. Lime, especially in pellet f...

Picked up lime (pellets) not sure if that will work. I did not see the vermiculite so I went with the lime pellets. Also grabbed a metal pail with lid...

Great help and this is what im looking for. I like the idea of annealing after the normalizing cycles and will get that step added in. Thank you all...

Thank you for your assistance Brion, the O1 toolsteel was the metal I was using because I was led to believe it was a forgiving steel (like 1084 is su...

My first forged knife came after the Batson Symposium weekend, until then I had only done stock removal, so I was confused on anneal part and your or...