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Hey, let's talk about belt brands and their respective quality/price ratios So, I've been looking to get some sandpaper from trugrit and since there's several of the same products in the same price range it's getting confusing. I've found this old thread that kind of covers VSM as being good...

Been wanting to upgrade that grinder since I've got it, so here's the deal : Looking around on the internet I saw people claiming you can run a 220-440v 3phase motor from a 220v 1 ph VFD. Am I totally wrong? Definitely don't want to order and be sorry once it gets here.

Hi, I'm experimenting a bit with acid as I found a local place that carries muriatic acid. Wanting to see how it looked on a stainless kitchen knife got me thinking of a few questions that I can't seem to answer : If the residue of the etching is to fall-off at some point, isn't this...

Hello, I have a bunch of 1-1/2" AEB-L that I would like to use to make small kitchen knives with, the thing is I'm lacking inspiration. Fillet knife, paring, mid-size utility... If you could please share any templates you have for small kitchen knives I'd be really grateful! Thanks !

Hello, This was my first working with two different materials on one handle, got to say I was inspired by all the bi-colored Wa handles I see on here! The worst part really was making sure I didn't mess up when gluing them together. Drilling them was kind of a guess too as I didn't know how it...

Hello, So here are two questions : #1 - You heat treat then quench a blade, you don't have time to do the tempering (or second tempering) today so you wait till the next day to do it. Does the steel suffer from this? #2 - You do one temper, take the blade out and it quickly cools to room...

Hi, I've bought a plank of curly maple from a local store for about 5 bucks but it's really thick at 0.8". I figured it might be a little short if I book shelved it for a machete handle so I went ahead and cut two pieces for a pair of scales. Now with everything glued together it adds up to...

Hello, I'm a french canadian and been wondering if there's any of us here, been looking around the forum been didn't seem to notice any! I bought a little 1x42 1/4 hp belt sander with the idea to sharpen knives and ended up buying some norton blaze ceramic and started profiling knives with...

Hi guys, I've started making knives last summer and ever since been selling easily the nicer ones to relatives and friends so I thought I'd make a decent one for myself and get to keep it! Here it is , honesuki-like blade shape in AEB-L steel with arctic blue kirinite handle. Feels great and...