Recent content by Chris Railey

That is exactly what they are like.

I think most use their grinders to shape handles. A 2x72 with a small wheel set is hard to beat for handles. Even Ironwood has a hard time resisting a new 60 grit belt.

When I used to make longbows, I used the Shinto Rasps, and they rule for shaping wood. No deep gouges like you get with farriers' rasps and the like. When I made D-Bows I even used them to tiller. Very good wood shaping tool.

The last time I cut rough-sawn wood into scales, I cut several of the actual grubs on my bandsaw because I could not see them. After a few of them, it makes a bit of a sticky mess.

I have used black-dyed regular epoxy to fill grub holes just like those in Walnut. It worked fine for me, although I have found that some epoxies only cure to a hard rubber consistency which was really hard to shine up when doing finish work. If I were going to do some more, I would use...

Well, I can see crushed X's between the twists so you have started a new trend...

I love making Pattern Welded steel (Damascus). That is a nice pattern there...Twist?

The first 10 seconds of this video is the best explanation I have ever seen for why we move a knife blade up and down during the quench. https://fb.watch/qNFVCQG3iJ/

No worries I appreciate you bringing them up.

@Gliden07, if you find out who, please let me know. I would like to investigate that. According to their website, Tobin Machines does not sell their roller mills to the US.

I need them to make a roller mill next.

You are a machine brother...

We used to raise sheep, and I had a surplus of ram horns to use as scales, so I started to do some research on ways to flatten the material. I thought boiling was more than likely the way to go, but what I found in my research was that boiling adds too much moisture, and likely the material...

The way I look at the world is: you can do what you want in your own shop for sure. That being said, I would not treat AEB-L in this manner, especially if you sell your knives. Most SS requires a more exacting HT process with soaks at specific temps. If you were to gain control of your...

I always respected a true Scandi grind for its ease of sharpening alone.