Matthew, Unless you are wanting to do a hollow grind on your blades then you won't need a contact wheel. Most of us use a flat grind and you h...

Thanks Jeremy & Lin. I know that most will never work with any meteorite but thought that I would share a few techniques that I have found useful si...

Since most meteorites are quite red short, I get around that by slicing them and welding them like a sandwich between two pieces of high carbon s...

David, When bending cold it is often difficult to get a uniform bend as the material wants to bend at the weakest point rather than equally throu...

Landon, I've a book on checkering that you're welcome to borrow anytime. Gary

[quote name='Karl B. Andersen' date='07 December 2015 - 10:32 AM' timestamp='1449505960' post='15372'] Let's hope Ed Caffrey jumps in on this. C'm...

There seemed to be a large difference in the quality of the wrought iron from years back. Some is pretty clean while other is filled with impurities...

Thanks, Ron. Yes, it has a frame tang. Gary

Hi Jeremy, I've done several blades with Spanish notches with no problems during H/T. Just be sure that you don't leave any deep grinding scr...

Jim, If you normalized & quenched at or slightly past non-magnetic then the problem may well have been the forging temperature(s). B...

Jim, Give us a little more info. 1) How are you determining temperature? 2) How thick was your cutting edge at H/T? 3) Did you preheat the que...

Thanks, guys. Gary