I find it quite refreshing that somebody wants to intentionally fully harden W series these days, kudos to you Gary for being a maverick. Now for the...

Karen and I were close enough to Jill and John to know about this terrible turn of events for a little while now and I don’t think a day has gone by...

[quote name='John_Myers' date='17 September 2014 - 12:45 PM' timestamp='1410975907' post='11931'] How do you handle the heat treating of the Ricasso...

[quote name='Dan Cassidy' date='16 September 2014 - 06:58 PM' timestamp='1410911891' post='11914'] I am saddened to tell you that I was just advised...

[quote name='John_Myers' date='14 September 2014 - 05:23 PM' timestamp='1410733438' post='11899'] I've taken lots of notes from the Forum and want t...

Gary, two hour total at temperature is really all that is needed. I do several cycles of 1 hour or 30 minute (I have salts, wouldn’t do it with an ...

I think much of this is determined by your heat treating procedures and the equipment you use to do them, e.g. I go a little thicker with a blade I am...

Parks #50 is a very good product, I have used it longer than most anybody in our business next to Dan Maragni, but it is harder to obtain and thus mor...

The 50 is definitely too fast for O-1, the canola may work. This may be an example of why customers should understand why they are coming to a maker ...

Jared congratulations, that is a good showing for a practice run. I would second Dan's concerns for safety but also for performance. Securing the 2x...

While I am still bewildered by my inclusion in that list I think it is VERY telling that almost 1/2 of all the custom knife awards were taken by ABS M...

I look forward to seeing Ben's work as he moves toward Master; he was a student of mine in the NESM Damascus class and his knives are as high quality ...

[quote name='Jason Mendoza' date='03 June 2014 - 03:23 PM' timestamp='1401827000' post='10727'] Been meaning to do try it for a while, picked up an ...

[quote name='christophe kennis' date='09 June 2014 - 03:11 AM' timestamp='1402301504' post='10768'] Absolutely true Matthew!! Playing with t...