Recent content by kicker9898

I spent a few minutes today going through Kevin Cashen's threads on heat treating. I'll probably only have to read them about 5 more times before it sinks in... I think I will try to HT the blade again, after ordering proper quenchant. Might as well, it's already ground and I sure can't make...

So, anyone want a few feet of 1095 from Jantz LOL

Thanks for all the replies gentlemen. Some helpful info there and I appreciate it. Ed, probably not a bad idea! I ordered steel without doing enough research, thinking that lower cost simple steel like 1095 would be a good place to start. After the HT didn't work, my mentor says "Yep, that's...

John, thanks for chiming in. Love your work BTW :) I was quenching in vegetable oil that's been being used for a while and probably in too small a quench pot. Also, the blade was foil wrapped so that tells me I took far too long to quench, which was my other suspicion. I'm using a paragon...

Hello everyone, hope someone can answer some HT questions for me. I've researched 1095 HT for a week now, but I see a lot of variance in recommended recipes. I'm on my 4th knife now, the others have turned out pretty well, but this is the first time I've used 1095. I just finished a medium...