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...

Sharpening and how a knife cuts is something I feel like many of us don't really pay enough attention to is shaves and it is good. I was total guilty ...

we now have five Pheer grinders, and one KMG, I love the pheers , they are a great grinder that have held up very well and the price is very good. Th...

I teach several methods in my classes other than method all ready mentioned. the best I have found is to use table salt. Salt melts at 1474degf for 10...