I have never used anything in stainless San Mai other than 416 and either 1095 or O1. I've never found it necessary to protect the stainless. Here i...

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Also, what temp are you welding at?

What grit is the steel in that last pic sanded to? It looks really coarse. Do you have a pic of what it looks like at say, 400 grit?

Yes, it is possible. I know of two professional shops that use NG for their forges. One is in Phoenix and the other is in NYC. You CANNOT use standard...

Another view.  Puukko-Style-Hunter-2.JPG

A while back on this forum, MS Steve Culver posted a link to a software program called Thor II. It allows you to upload a jpeg file that is the end gr...

I assume you mean is there a way to find the assays for steel production and confirm the chemistry in the specific run or lot in the finished product....

The next thing to think about is where on the billet the pattern is being formed. Types of patterns. I break the different patterns into two familie...

To understand the process of pattern development in Pattern Welded Steel (PWS) or mokume Gane, you must first think in terms of manipulations to the b...

That is the part that makes this question so difficult to answer.

That is my least favorite type of YT video. When there is no dialogue or written description in captions, I lose interest in about 3 minutes. Even whe...

What Karl said and I will add that after using many different porta-band sized blades, I now stick with Lennox bi-metal. I buy the 10 TPI and the 14 T...

I am a fundamentally lazy man. The most effort I spend on any task is figuring out the easiest way to do it.