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Tried cold. It was so stuck that it untwisted the spiral flutes before it broke. Never seen that before.

Yep. This block was so gummy, I had to stop 3 times on the first hole to clean out the grooves on the bit because it had stopped cutting. I think I got impatient on the second whole and push it a little bit too hard.

Well, it sort of worked. I could start working the bit out, but it broke before I could get it all the way out. Oh, well. You win some, you lose some. It was a really pretty piece of ironwood, but not that expensive, so back to the drawing board.

Has anyone ever had a drill bit get stuck in a block of wood? I literally was drilling a tang hole today for a hidden tang in a block of desert ironwood, and the bit actually got stuck in the wood. It literally stopped my drill press. I may have just lost a block of wood. That ironwood is...

That black handled knife with the mosaic pin is beautiful. I really like that.

Just updated this on my thread that I started originally with a video, so I thought I would post here also. Just finished this one up. 1075 Blade with a hamon, 6 3/4" blade length, 11 3/4" OAL, Redwood burl handle, 416SS guard and pin.

Here is the photo that I just shot. The current thread on photography got me to go and update my backgrounds for my photographs, and I think I really like the improvement. Thanks again, Ed.

Thanks, Ed!

There are pluses and minuses for sure. It's mostly just an aesthetic addition. Claying the blade results in a martensitic edge, with a pearlite spine. It's actually a lot of work to get the blade to that finish to really highlight the hamon, and it scratches really easily. However, it does...

That 40mm can is 17" long. I've quenched a 10 in bowie in it before with no issues. You have to do a horizontal quench, but that is no problem. The lid has a rubber seal, and you can seal up your quenchant between uses. It holds just under 4 gallons.

I purchased this and use it for all of my heat treating. It's a new 40mm ammo can. https://www.quadratec.com/products/44036_0011_07.htm

Thanks, Bruce. I'm very much still a beginner, but I've figured a few things out along the way.

Thanks.

Thanks. They are a lot of work to get them to this point.

I'll throw out one lesson learned. I'm using a Pentax K20D SLR camera for my photography. It's a great bang for the buck camera. Pentax has always been that. However, one issue is that my white balance filters only go as high as 5000k, so when I use the 6500k lights, I get a very noticeable...

Well, I finally decided to finish this one. It's been sitting on the bench for a long time, as I've shown it's early progression posts. Didn't have a customer for this one, so there was never a push to finish it. It's a 1075 blade differentially heat treated with a hamon, stabilized redwood...

Went out and bought a bunch of fabric today. Thanks for the tip, Ed.

Hey, Ed. What kind of background material did you show on that thread? Is it a felt material or a printed material?

I think I agree with John on this one. I don't do hardly any full tang knives anymore, but when I used to this was an issue I found also. In the beginning I clamped too loose and had some issues. Afterwards, I clamped everything down fairly snug and never had any issues. I think the biggest...

So far I have found smith_blades_knives, blacksmith70, and Dresharper as sites that had obvious knives from other makers. You may want to check your follower list for these and block them so they can't copy any of your pictures.