whale oil was pretty commonly used as quench oil as late as the 40s-50s. Pretty sure it is mentioned in Practical blacksmithing (orginlaly written 189...

At a guess I would say it started to be come common with the advent of the industrial revolution, with the switch over to first crucible steels then B...

[quote name='Ken Hall' date='24 December 2019 - 07:49 PM' timestamp='1577242164' post='25755'] Matthew, thanks for the feedback. In addition to the...

I'll put my money where my mouth is an offer up my shop as a meeting location and my self as host. I think what is missing is a frame work that ...

[quote name='Ken Hall' date='24 December 2019 - 07:25 AM' timestamp='1577197515' post='25746'] Kevin, Thanks for starting this discussion. As t...

Mark zalesky has started to put one together on the knife magazine site. In the vault section there is a list of makers including there marks going ba...

This is a subject I mostly try and stay out of, and I hope I don't tic anyone off with this post. But I feel a huge need to give a different perspecti...

great post, thank you Kevin. MP

both would work well, with your set up 15n20 is a better choice. MP

I am in a slightly different position from Ed and Kevin, I am part owner in my shop, we have a large industrial space with a lot of equipment and we ...

[quote name='Kevin R. Cashen' date='04 December 2019 - 02:56 PM' timestamp='1575496598' post='25637'] I did the 5 year renewal last year, and now it...

how are you thermo-cycleing? if you are treating it like carbon steel you may have damaged the AEB-l and done nothing positive for it. AEB-l is air h...

I am glad you find AEB-l to have good edge holding, but i think you are misunderstanding NJSB spec sheet. 1st the equalizing at 1500 is very important...

I have forged AEB-L it is fussy and feels like hitting a brick.The post forging heat treat is difficult as is finding information on normalizing and r...