[quote name='Wes Whipple' date='21 July 2016 - 03:03 PM' timestamp='1469131435' post='17735'] ...I will carefully (even under magnification) look fo...

[quote name='Steve Morley' date='19 July 2016 - 12:19 AM' timestamp='1468905569' post='17706'] Kevin--what grit belts do you use? I've been using 3...

There are two aspects to the original question- what grit will contribute to stress risers, but also what grit will hold the clay the best. I found i...

[quote name='Tucker_Parris' date='07 July 2016 - 10:30 AM' timestamp='1467905411' post='17593'] Kevin, Thanks so much for the detailed response. im ...

Sorry for necroposting this thread, but I wanted to clear up a misconception that could cause considerable grief for some folks if it is not cleared u...

7 to 10 second oils: Parks #50, Houghto-Quench “K” (and perhaps DT 49, but I haven’t tested it yet) Steels: 1070, 1075, 1080, 1084, 1095, W-1...

1095 and O-1 are an interesting contrast. With both having from .90- .95% carbon they make a good study in simple carbon vs. alloyed steels. A stri...

Hello Nicholas, a mastersmith can teach you many things and if you can get one on one time you would benefit greatly in your learning curve. However,...

The annealing box would work for the 1080/15n20 as it would have in the range of .75%-.80% carbon overall, but you may indeed have been lucky with the...

[quote name='Joshua States' date='13 June 2016 - 10:34 PM' timestamp='1465875288' post='17285'] Not at all a hijack Scott, the discussion is welcome...

Your very slow ramp up, time at solution, and very slow ramp down made some pretty nasty things in that steel. You probably have carbide networks in t...

For me it depends in the pattern, I think twists look better between 80 and 160 layers, while ladder and raindrops need at least 300 layers. I find t...