Sorry to hear about this. Diane and I wish Shawn a speedy recovery. We were looking forward to seeing him back here in the states. Brion
Zach, canola will work fine. Heat the oil to 100 to 120 before quench. If the blade gets too hot the oil can flare up, so you need to have some sort o...
Very interesting Gary. You have discovered a new way to creat hamons . I wonder if you went ahead an did a full hand rub to 1000 and went through t...
I was going to ask the same thing. Was the blade edge quenced? Or full quenched? Also when you drew the spine if you used an oxy/acy torch you can get...
Hello Ed. Pauls method is a good one. Another option would be hand rub to 600 then rub with a gray scotchbrite pad. The scotchbrite gives a good finis...
Welcome Joshua. I will also say that you had a great instructor in Mike. He is a wealth of information and very willing to help. Glad to have you here...
Looks good Gary. You will probably want to test the edge and see if it chips. If this is some of Aldo's W2 you may have to raise the tempering temp. J...
Thank you Kevin. I was hoping you would answer this. Could not ask for better information. Zack as Kevin states, I would pick one or two steels and...
Yep, same here. Brion
Johnathan, as Brian states the dagger must be at least 300 layers and patterned. Sorry, but I do not think chainsaw would work. The blade must be at l...
Welcome Thaddeus. Good choice for the class. Knowing Jim, you learned a lot. Jim Crowell was one of the instructors for my intro class. He is an excel...
Great question Mike. I like my friend John used to do it freehand and I am not bad, but the file guide with carbide inserts is a real timesaver. Once ...
Mike, welcome. Good to have you here and in the ABS. Any questions, we will do our best to answer them. Welcome again. Brion
Actually Johnathan, the steel was from my stock and I use it all the time. I have not had any problems at all. The light yellow color might be too hot...
Johnathan, I have some questions. Were you using coal or charcoal? Did you happen to get the steel too hot? Did you dunk the bar in water to cool it w...