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I'll see about posting a framelock one.

Some stainless damascus from the "Redneck Summit." 3-color mokume from Nichols and carbon fiber. :) Nex up is a varient of the Chubby -- I've dubbed it the Tubby. :D

Cheap as heck, and square as can be. :)

Always a full quench -- drawing the back or using clay will achieve the same effect. Edge-quenching tends to create more pearlite. Like others have said, you don't want to finish it to perfection before HT. 1/16 thick or more will be fine. Things warp, that is all there is to it -- an...

Try not to use your sink! I use tupperware cereal holder-thingy for my FC.

Once you've got your benchtop trued up, put a small jack or chunk of wood under the table to keep it from bending and run a bolt through the head and into the column. These are the two places the drill will want to "bend" when drilling -- even light drilling. Use a couple of 1-2-3 blocks to...

I never really know what ratio I do -- probably about 15-1 or so.

You can buy it by the gallon too. :D http://shop.willyselectronics.com/browse.cfm/4,7752.html

Definitely cool

W-2 and 1095 work best for me. :) W-1 is also excellent -- basically a "clean" version of 1095.

Parks 50 for water-quenching steels, Parks AAA for oil-quenching steels. :)

Thank you very much! :)

Let me know if you want to sell some of that flat. ;)

I'm a MO! (that doesn't sound right :D )

Thanks! :) I'm going to try and get a "WIP" thread up in my forum on how I made it.

Finally finished -- just in time! :D This is the third year of doing this and it is just fun. I get to play with lots o' orange G-10. This year's folder features a .187-thick W-2 blade that has a 3-inch cutting edge. It is about 7 3/4 open and 4 1/2 closed. .125 titanium for the lockside and...

Always normalize. You never know what has happened with the steel before you got it, and you might as well start with a clean slate. :)

Nice -- that is the same stuff I keep my Parks 50 and AAA in. :)

I'm set up as an LLC. I went this way to help protect my personal assets. I also have business insurance to help protect my little business. I work out of my garage and guess what would happen if a fire started? My home insurance wouldn't cover it! The business insurance I have insures the...

Definitely a necessity. Every little bit helps! Of course; I have some people wonder if my last name is "Burchtree." :D