if it was me i would forge it from something like 80crv2 forge to just under 1/8 thick at the spine profile and harden/temper it , around 57-58 ish t...

video I did for my pateron a couple years ago might help/p> MP

the amount of force required to flex the blade is cross section, the yield point (the point of bend of breakage) is steel choice and heat treat. in...

doubtful it would be from too low a temp in thermocycleing I would look at the normalizing. after forging with so many cycles especially if you do the...

that's is an auto hamon, the blade failed to through harden. You could up the hardening temp a bit, might be your oven is a bit cold or add time to yo...

Lets be honest, those of us that are making a living doing this well need to make a living, I think out side of the testing room, I say make what you...

Speeds and feeds. RPM is only a part of it. tool load , machine stiffness/rigidity, feed rate, material, all are a part of not wrecking cutters. I...

Data is just that data, basing your understanding of performance on numbers is fine, but you need to account for ALL of the variables. I like larin (...

Can you make a living in the craft.. yes , a good secure living .. maybe. 1 tooling up allows higher profits as long as there is no debt to service...

There are several methods to make sword scabbards. The two part carved method is one , it is possible to get this to fit very tightly just a lot of...

Horizontal quench for swords is a recipe for problems with warping, especially in double edges blades, it leads to sabering (warping along the hard) ...

I do make swords and my shop is set up to do so. we have several tanks sent up with different quenches , two are retired Oxygen cylinders acquired fr...

I find a lot of folks assume that a flush choil design cant be forged to shape, this is a miss truth. Lin Rhea showed me this method then later I noti...

The third knife this year is Maui Strong. This is a further extension of the pictorial idea, there is a tread on here where I talk about the inspirati...

Next is a wootz hunting sword I finished out for blade last year, I started this piece in 2019, and it keep getting shifted to the back burner. gettin...