Had that happen once with some damascus core San Mai but never with monosteel core. Have you tried 410 for the cladding? Seems to move with the carbon...

I've played with the steel a bit. I found that the lower quench temps required a lower tempering temperature. A blade quenched at about 1475 would per...

An interesting topic for sure, Brion. It seems that the smaller knives are the hardest to get the proportions right. Throw into the mix that most peop...

And possibly without examination under a microscope we may notunderstand exactly what we see? I just ran two test pieces of 1095 and W2 with the same ...

Kevin, have you noticed steel in a highly spherodized state not responding to grain reduction measures? I've seen the problem of steel not hardening p...

I'd be interested in seeing your research on the topic. Is it available to the public?

Glad you could comment on this, Kevin. Obviously I don't have the testing equipment you have so I'm limited to a visual check of grain size. I've seen...

I do similar testing, Chris. It is especially important to do extreme testing when working with a new steel. Don't trust the industry standards...too...

Looks good, Derrick!

I'd think it should bend, James. At that lower quench temp it should be insanely tough.

Welcome back, Mike. That 25 degrees and windy sounds miserable! I'm sure the students enjoyed the class..I know I did.

I forged a blacksmith knife from a worn out Nicholson file. Once I got the draw-back temperature right it performed great. It achieved 200 cuts throug...

I'll second what Brion said. My normalization process is pretty much the same. I've snapped a lot of blades to check the grain structure...this method...