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Hamons are a result of incomplete hardening so the presence of one, in the absence of any clay, will most likely indicate that the oil is too slow for...
As quenched, steel should be brittle if it is fully hardened and thus you should not get bending or toughness out the fully hardened blade when snappi...
Joshua, I would almost be willing to bet that you have a medium speed oil, industry really didn’t commonly work with the faster oils that bladesmith...
Perhaps it is time for the ABS to revisit the layer count rule? There are a lot of new patterns from when the rule was made and I can see a slippery ...
Jordan, I deal with this issue in a couple of situations- building a take-down knife and certain handle materials like stag where the pithy marrow pa...
[quote name='Matthew Parkinson' date='03 June 2015 - 06:34 AM' timestamp='1433331297' post='13724'] thanks Kevin Every time I think I have a hand...
Jeremy, sulfur only helps in machinability, but is a negative in just about all other aspects. It is a nasty element that does not play well with iro...
Must be Steve wanted me to post a little more, and decided to get my attention ïŠBy the way Steve, I think I have found the answer to your question ...
Due to the fact that quench oils are carefully formulated and made specifically to do the job at hand for a given steel I would have to say that no, t...
[quote name='Zach_Guy_Stroup' date='09 April 2015 - 08:10 PM' timestamp='1428628222' post='13505'] Bareback welding or "Dry Welding" is what brought...
[quote name='Dean_Moore' date='12 March 2015 - 09:23 PM' timestamp='1426213433' post='13349'] ...Following that method, does grinding the surface of...
Contrary to Derrick’s concerns about the plastic deformation of straightening rather than the initial deformation of hardening, it is that initial d...
For me it is not the unwillingness to do a W.I.P., but then I think I have demonstrated that and I am grateful to Dan for posting some of my previous ...
[quote name='Wes Whipple' date='04 March 2015 - 11:17 PM' timestamp='1425529056' post='13311'] Okay, so I'm going to pick some minds here even furth...
Well Gary, I guess some may be disappointed if I didn't give a shot at this so here it goes- Most of the world thinks of fusion welding when you ...