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Got a few done and others almost done! 225mm 80CRV2 gyuto from 1/8" barstock, full height convex grind and laminated wood and old Ivory paper micarta. Customer wanted his Hawaiian middle name in katakana (Japanese script for western words) on the blade, too. Guy wanted a knife for a RMEF...

Got to use my buddies press last weekend! 16 layers of 1084 and 15N20, stretched out to around 13", but went too aggressive on the last inch at the tip, so I will cut that off. Going to grind it clean, cut into thirds, restack and draw out 2 more times hopefully! The press isn't as easy to...

Some guys make a v swage from angle iron and hammer into it as they rotate to help pack it down. I picked up a half round swage bar but havent gotten to use it yet.

Working on these 2 in 5/32" 52100. Upswept blade has White G10 guard, liners and pin and Blue G10 liner and Blue Ameragrip handles. Hunter has a 4" drop point with canvas micarta with black pins, liners and lanyard tubing.

I've seen micarta that has tiny air bubbles. They collect sanding dust/polishing residue and really stand out. If you wipe down with denatured alcohol and try to "wash" the pits out, it may blend better coloring wise? Or try the CA glue in them, but that will leave those spots as shinier than...

Spent the majority of my 2 days off doing some heat treating! Did 3 52100 blades; 2 of my basic 4" drop point and one that will be an upswept blade like a Marbles Woodcraft for a 40th RMEF dinner prize. Used 5/32" 52100 stock. HT recipe was the Knifesteelnerds from Larrin; 1700 30 min, air...

Made a little fixed blade very close to the benchmade bugout! 80CRV2 steel that I heat treated to 62, OD green canvas micarta handles, black pins and black micarta lanyard tube. Working on this one with grey/black G10 camo handle scales, white pins, black lanyard tube and a roughly 3" 80CRV2...

Played around with the finish on the Magnacut gyuto. I had read about doing a faux kasumi finish with 220 grit SIC sandpaper on a foam or leather backer whileo using 220 grit SIC powder mixed with mineral oil on the blade and tried it on some differentially heat treated blades. It gives a...

Just curious if you ever figured this out? With the San Mai and Cu Mai type stuff, I wonder if the layer of the softer metal throws off the indenter by cushioning it, even if you ground a spot to the 80CRV2 core.

Got Covid 2 weekends ago, but am finally back at it! Worked on a 240mm Magnacut gyuto from 3/32" thick, 64 HRC barstock. Did the 36" radius grind on the upper 2/3 and the lower 1/3 is a laser convex grind. Edge was .14mm/.006" before sharpening :) Working on the profile and blade finish:

Thanks! Buddy wanted a blade to go on his plate carrier and wanted a forged blade. He came over with a design and we tweaked it as I forged it out and this is the end result. My wife wants one with pink handles now...lol.

Did some more tuning on the hrc tester. The dial lever needed adjustment and now its pretty much dead on to the 63.6 test block and several blades from Bos HT. Shortened the handle on the S90V blade and did the sheaths for that one, the burlap handle one and the 80crv2 blade.

Cleaned the top of the column and bottom of the anvil where I found some grease and adjusted the dashpot ao the weights fall in 4-5 seconds instead of the 3.5 when there was no test sample. Now it tests on or 1 point low, but the low readings are consistent and on a test block that the previous...

Picked up an old Wilson 1R hardness tester for $325 today Complete with manuals, 3 test blocks, ball and diamond brale penetrator and the 150kg weights!! It seems to read 2 hrc low consistently, so I may look in to how to adjust that after I do more testing and get consistent with it.

The red backed gators I have had chunks of abrasives come off when I ran then wet. No problems with running the white backed (347 series IIRC?) soaking wet, or the ceramic Gators wet. Norax AO also do not like water and the grit just falls off in clumps, but the Ceramic Norax work fine with water.

4" magnacut, Desert ironwood with mosaics, red g10 liners and natural micarta lanyard tube