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Yep, its crooked. Send that puppy back.

Snakewood does not stabilize well and is unneeded as stated above. Very dense and will take a high polish. It works best in thinner slabs, its prone to splitting. Its one of my favorite woods.

Much of the choice has to do with belt SFM and HP. Reversible or no. If you want to grind without pussy footing around :) purchase a machine with HP. If you can stall a grinder, it doesn't have enough HP. With the modern ceramic belts we have to choose from its foolish not to have a machine...

Let's just say, there's a fare amount to learn in order to be successful.

Just a whim. Nothing going on here. :(

I always assume I'm working with large grain structure and run heat cycles. I think its good practice.

I do as well :)

My son, Kevin is the bread maker in the family and he requested a new bread knife. This is what I made for him. It was forged using W2 steel and is quite thin being .094 at the handle. I use Brownell's anti scale instead of clay to produce the hamon. The handle is lacewood and hairyoak with...

Sounds wonderful. Some are made for city living and some not so much. I spend weeks here without going off the ridge. Pretty well self contained. We've got free gas and can produce our own power. We lived in Columbus for five years before moving here to build. Did you make the knives that you...

How often do you get away? I like remote; we're pretty far out here in Appalachia, Plenty of good pond fishing. My shop is on the highest spot in the county, its all down from our place. Fred

I don't know about taking it to the bush, to many parts. For honing and polishing an established edge in the field the ERU would be hard to beat. Three moving parts with precision angle adjustment and fits in the palm of your hand. The KME is a good product, don't get me wrong, I just don't...

Make a scaled drawing of your equipment inside a given space. 1 inch per foot is a good scale. I did this before building a new 24 x 32 foot shop in 2009. It's the best investment you can make when looking to acquire new shop space. Good luck in your move, Fred

Just polish after etching don't sand or buff. Flitz or Simichrome will work. Use your fingers to polish with. Taking quality pictures of knife blades is difficult, ones with hamons is even more so.

Nothing I would add other than to support the statement, stay away from the buffer. Shorter etch cycles with a good cleaning in between. One minute in the vinegar clean, one minute in the vinegar. Keep at it, they improve with practice.

Hi Warren, The thin stock will cool quickly and I think the 2 to 3 second in the quench will work. As long as its past the flash point it should work. I've got tapered clamps distal taper as well as the bevel angle. I'm going to run the thinest one first and see how it works. If I'm good there...

I'm forging a run of kitchen knives from W2 steel. The first set came out quite thin; .098 spine @ shoulders .030 at the edge. I've run all the heat cycles on these and know the grain to be refined, I ran stress relief as well. I'm quenching in Parks 50 @ 130fh. Because they are thin; I've...

The dies are ground 60/40. Sixty flat and 40 beveled. The slanted end is ground at a 4 degree angle on each die. When there mounted in the press it gives an 8 degree inclusive angle. When you lay each die out it "must" be welded in such a manner that the dies match up when reversed...

DMT makes good ones. Its extremely hard {diamond} the hardest of all materials. The only way to "wear" them out is to abuse them. Lite pressure is the way to use them. There is no need to apply pressure. Maintaining good angle control is much more useful. Using the degree wedges is a whole...

A good diamond plate with two sides and a rubber base is a good start. I have a 400/1000 and a 350/650. Diamond works quickly and on most any steel. I use degree wedges on top of the diamond plate to maintain a consistent angle this technique produces a consistent flat edge and in a hurry as...

This thread was really helpful to me. Thanks for the post, Fred