Dan, Kevin, Thank you for your input! Dave

Karl, Thank you for your comments. I have been playing with 15N20 clad 1084 san mai and it gives a good visual. I wanted to try a more tradit...

Karl, I'm looking to use it as the outside layers, on either side of a 1084 core. Thanks, Dave

Travis, I'll second what Kevin said. What I've done in my shop (besides wearing a respirator and gloves when appropriate) isn't a complete sol...

As a newer member I am going to second what Matt said. While attending a 1 or 2 week class or a big hammer-in would be well worthwhile in the long ru...

Ed, Thank you. I guess I am hitting the mark, or coming close, because that is exactly what concerns me! I'm not necessarily trying to ma...

Lin, Thank you for putting this in perspective. I can see that I need to expand my testing and also test on a more regular basis. Thank...

Jason, Good article, thanks. There are also links to other related topics in the article. Mike - Thank you. I am aware hardness is only par...

Jason, Karl, Thank you for your replies. I realized I had an omission in my original post, in my examples I meant to say a 5" kitchen utility knife...

Gentlemen, Thank you for your replies, there is some good information there. Girnie, that is an interesting process you described. I have he...

Thanks everyone for your comments. Kevin - with respect to the tolerance on the hardness test, I understand +/- 1 is the margin of error. I kn...