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Only if it is cold outside. The operating range of Parks 50 is 50 F to 120 F. Parks AAA needs to be heated. The data sheets are posted on the forum here. I recommend downloading and reviewing them.

The Cr is chromium and the V is vanadium. Both of them can produce carbides, which can affect the quenching mechanisms. the vanadium is a grain refiner. The chromium is the one that has the biggest affect on required quench speed, though. If you look at the TTT chart, 80CrV2 is an 11 second...

That is really interesting. What is the product 3rd row, 2nd from the left, and top row middle? They also appears to be very clean.

I got the Brownell's non-scaling compound to try. It was recommended to me by another knife maker, and he swears by it.

That looks really good, particularly for your first frame handle.

I did a thread a while back regarding trying this product out. Unfortunately, I cannot in good conscience, recommend this to anyone. In the beginning it appeared to be promising, but I have now completely given up on using it. No matter what I have tried to do, scale still gets onto the...

My first Damascus knife. Handle shape is different, but strictly for function as a tactical knife. May be a design I continue. 95 layer 1080/15N20 Damascus 416SS guard and pin, black G10 spacer Dyed and stabilized curly maple handle

Really cool. Thanks for sharing.

Here's my newest that I just finished this morning. 1075 Blade with hamon 416SS guard and grooved spacer with black G10 spacers Desert Ironwood handle with 416SS pin Now on to the sheath...

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I do know a guy who cnc mills his entire knife, bevels included, then cleans everything up on the grinder. Saves him a bunch of time, once he has it programmed in, that is.

This is Scott McGhee, ABS Master Bladesmith. He grinds all of his clips to a sharp edge.

I had a gun buddy of mine recommend Zelle.

Ian Atkinson has some good youtube videos on leather work and sheaths that are pretty good. That is what I used in the beginning when I first started making them.

Apparently they have just started a crack down. I spoke yesterday with an FFL that I know, and they suspended his account 3 days ago.

Just saw this over on Instagram. A knifemaker in AZ had his Paypal account frozen, and Paypal kept his $6,000 on his account. He was trying to do a fundraiser to raise money for disaster relief in Texas. Paypal permanently suspended his account because he sells "weapons". Here is the...

Just as an update to this thread. I've done a couple of knives now where I have still gotten a very thin layer of decarb on the knife while using the anti-scale. You literally can tell from the appearance after quenching. I still think it's thin enough that you can hand sand it away. I'm...

Let me know when you are ready to sell some of those!

I just sent a box to them to be stabilized. It took 2 months turnaround, only because I had about half of the blocks dyed, then stabilized. Probably would have been a 1 month turnaround if I had not had blocks dyed. I've had blocks that were stabilized with Cactus juice, and they are just no...

Can't give much advise in regards to 5160 as I haven't really used it. However, Parks 50's operating temperature range is 50 F to 120 F. If you are heating it to 120, you are putting it at the edge of it's working temperatures. AAA must be heated, but 50 is normally a room temperature quench...