Recent content by secor c1

Sleestak....THANKS man I actually just ordered that video yesterday. like I said I have been making fixed blades for a while so the blade itself and handle material I THINK ill be ok but all the innere workings is what I need to learn. I talked to another maker on the phone yesterday that helped...

OK ABOSOLUTLY AMAZING!!! I have been making knives for a year and a half. ALL fixed blades. I just decided to start learning how to do folder. I don't even know where to start and what to order. That is a great knife regardless the fact that its not just your first folder but your first knife...

AR custom knives, THANKS! yeh I have a flat glass plate that I used for some hand sanding stuff. I also have reamers and understand the precision needed in folders so I will drill small and then ream to size. I am going to take a look at those links right now and send a messge to usaknifemaker I...

Thank you frank, ideally I would like to do a assisted opening liner lock, some one told me that it might be a better idea to do it without the assisted opening for the first one. Is that true on one hand yeh I get it keep it as simple as possible on the first one, but I don't know how much more...

Hey guys so I have been making fixed blades for a while now and want to start learning how to do folders problem is looking at supply sites there are so many parts pieces and screws its a lil over whelming. I was wondering if some one can help me out with what to order, I have plenty of handle...

awesome thanks man just watched the first one going to watch the rest tonight one thing mentioned in the first is making sure the spine of the knife is right up agenst the fold of the kydex this is always a problem for me i always have to go back and fix it with a heat gun and sometimes the oven...

Hey guys so i am not great with sheaths yet i have made a bunch of knives but only a couple kydex sheaths and 2 leather sheaths (but idk if the qualify as a sheath more like a "knife wrap" out of very thin leather)....i am at the point where i have enough confidence in my knives to start selling...

it makes alot of sense thanks alot!

hey guys quick question when you do a cryo treatment i liquid nitrogen is there any pre cooling or anything like that or just dunk the blade in the liquid nitrogen, Alos i have heard people say to leave it in for 2 hours and some say over night????different steel different time? or just some...

Ok thanks yeh i was planning on the 440c since it seems cheapest but not bad quality either. so that way i can learn the ropes with the oven and the liquid nitrogen and all that (i have made 20-25 blades but all 1084 HTed in a forge with canola oil) once i get the oven and cryo thing down i was...

the plates are aluminum 1 inch thick i think 4x12 in. as i said i havent even got the oven yet so i just got some 440c i was going to get the 154cm but i figured the 440c is a lil bit cheaper and since it will be the first time using the oven i would learn with the 440c, i do have access to...

Hey guys, so i just ordered a new even heat KO oven i have 2 small 1 inch thick plates but i also want to try and quench some stainless in parks 50 oil, so far i have only HTed 1084 in a propane forge, so once i get the new oven this will all be new. so i was thinking about something today and...

Kevin, Thanks alot man it really helps clears up almost everything just to see if i got it right with what you were saying about normalizing is that either letting cool till black or letting cool to room temp or i think you said "till you can hold in your hands" both will work but letting cool...

hey guys this is my first post on this forum...please excuse the spelling and grammer its bad to begin with but i have had a very long day followed by ALOT of reading on this heat treating subject. Any way i have just created my first damascus blade wich is also my first blade in a gas forge so...