Thanks for the detailed answer! I didn't think that much about different steels for bigger and smaller knives, I just changed the temper. But that...

I was using 1080 recently and never had a problem. This 5160 was requested by the client. I am a bit curious, what are the other main reasons to av...

Some updates on the issue. It is not a 60 grit scratch, but I found that they are slag inclusions in the steel, not cracks. Besides having the same or...

One blade soaked at 1560 F for 5 minutes, the other for 10. Is it too long?

Thanks Jason, I will take a look.

Thank you Joshua, I sent you my email.

Thank you Brion, and very beautiful knife. I am building an electric oven, so I will have better temperature control in the future. I see you and Karl...

Thank you Karl Andersen, in the next time I will make the edge more radical as you said. About the steel set-up, I thermal cycled twice (once before g...

Thank you Anthony, Brion and Jason!