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    Chubby Hueske(founding of Knife Makers Guild) Skinner *RARE*

    Chubby Hueske(founding of Knife Makers Guild) Skinner *PRICE DROP* It pains me to do this but I have to get rid of one of my Chubby Hueske pieces. Chubby passed back in the 90's IIRC. He was a great man and took customer service to the next level. There are many stories of him spending great...
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    1084- Thermal cycling/normalizing and heat treating.

    Kevin- Thanks a bunch for the help, and thanks for all the work you've free sourced out on the internet. I've learned a ton reading your works. Doug- Thanks. I was thinking about going off of color but I'm concerned about whether I'd be doing more harm than good by going for the soak. I...
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    1084- Thermal cycling/normalizing and heat treating.

    Thanks for your response. I understand the gist of hardening and annealing. What my question was mainly in regards to was the need to normalize/thermal cycle prior to hardening. Aldo's steel IS annealed but from my understanding, part of that process increases grain growth in the steel. That...
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    1084- Thermal cycling/normalizing and heat treating.

    I've been making knives for a while now but have outsourced my heat treating. I've come into a small propane forge and figured I should take the opportunity to learn how to heat treat some basic steels. Since I already have a few bars of 1084 from Aldo, I figured it'd be best to start with. I...
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    hello all

    Hello everyone! I've been making knives for about two years now and have probably 20-30 blades under my belt. As always, I have a ton to learn and hope to learn more here. I've learned a lot lurking and figured it was time to join. Anyways, thanks for having me here and I look forward to...
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