Keep in mind that blade you just forged is a piece of steel. It won't get mad at you, or judge you, or think less of regardless of the method you choo...

There are lots of tools to use in the forge. Don't fall into the trap of thinking we have to do everything with a hammer. That's foolish. (One thing...

I just forge that area of the knife out FIRST to its desired width. Then I push the ricasso down to its desired width. So many forging methods see...

When we quench, our goal is to EXTRACT HEAT at a rate that the steels makes its specific transformation into the phase of steel we seek. Dedicated qu...

It may also be that the thicker, heavier bolster area simply did not get up into austenite. I wasn't there - so I don't really know. Are you austeni...

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If the bearings were indeed usable in the billet, I would reserve the mild for fittings on the knife and give them a "bluing" of some type.

That's all kinds of cool.

Agreed. I've always found it best to NOT center a guard on the ricasso. At first glance, one might think this is the thing to do. But I have the bot...

And don't forget to increase the initial count of layers in the beginning billet. But you're already past that. My ladder dies are pieces of old "gear...

I, too, start with 13 layers. But the first thing I do is draw that out and cut into 4 and re-stack and weld so I have 52 layers. X 3 would work as we...

Living in the mid-west - and probably many other places as well - it can get pretty hot. About 10 years ago here in Illinois we went through a swelt...

It was a trap.! That's the response I was hoping for. For posting photos in forums I use IMGUR:/p>