If you end up using the 440C then either type of foil will work. I wouldn't be afraid of using carbon steel for the blade however. People used it ...

Jordan, I'm afraid that you have let yourself get talked into quite a project. Your biggest problem is that high chromium steels like 440C just ...

[quote name='Jordan LaMothe' date='23 August 2014 - 03:58 PM' timestamp='1408831100' post='11722'] Actually, you brought up an interesting point: I ...

[quote name='Jordan LaMothe' date='23 August 2014 - 11:30 AM' timestamp='1408815055' post='11719'] I have recently been commissioned to make a stain...

Thanks, Lin. I've enjoyed the journey. I never realized all that I would learn when recreating the historic knives until I started making some of th...

Thanks guys. There are several of these techniques that will be fun to play with for future pieces. From what I can see it looks as if making the mo...

Thanks, Steve. This one really felt strange as I forged the blade so long & narrow. It certainly isn't your typical Bowie. Something nice in do...

Many of the makers of that period must have been adept at foundry work as it shows up on many of the knives. Here's an example of Samuel Bell's work:...

Thanks, Dale. I agree that most of Bell's knives had no cross guard but he did make a few that way. I'm just not a big fan of integrals so I d...

TK, When you do another blade try doing a 3 second quench in the Park's then out for three and back in for 8-10 seconds. Gary

T. K., How thick are you leaving the cutting edge before H/T? Gary

T.K., I'm certainly no expert in a differential H/T but W2 is W2 and the difference is probably in the application of clay (satanite) and not who...

Thanks, Kevin. I was hoping that you would explain it. That helps. Gary