There's no reason to "anneal". When you do that it usually just adds another heat cycle pre-austenizing to put the carbon back in solution.

I will pray for your prayers.

I will be there. Table 3-R.

[quote name='Steve Morley' date='13 March 2021 - 09:49 AM' timestamp='1615650553' post='27650'] but I've read that even medium speed steels have a ...

My thoughts are this - put on your knives whatever you want. They're your knives. But as a minimum - use your name so the knife can be identified wi...

I pay close attention to only austenize the lower 75% of the blade and full quench.

This is my blower. Keep it simple. I have 7 PSi regulated in by black pipe from my tank outside. Then I step down with another regulator to this b...

There are so many variables to the answer to that question, it's difficult to put into words. When you consider the word "benefit" in your question,...

Very, very nice. This is one of my favorite styles of knife. My grandfather came from Denmark - the REAL Vikings! - and his parents were of Swe...

Sweet! That should be helpful.

Your knives don't break any laws. The problem is not having them stolen in baggage handling! Here in the States we have the option of tossing a ...

For many years I've been using a pipe threader I got on Craigslist. I got lucky - it's 220V. Nobody wanted it because most times these are used by p...

That looks handy!

I've been using the same Even Heat oven for over 15 years and the newer ones are even more designed around the knife maker. They get my vote.