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Happy Birthday Dan!

When I make the envelope, I also make a red x on the handle end. I remember years past When a friend heat treated some blades for me and the bevels had an indent in them. Duh he had pulled them out blade first and the pliers while red hot had dented them.

I must be abnormal because I give it a shot of WD-40 before I do th top seal. I used to do kraft paper or similar then had trouble with them sticking to the foil. I Like the puffy so I snip the end and makes it easy to extract them faster.

A couple of friends of mine use it for folder scales. They said epoxy with heat generated curing would warp their folder handle halves. A third had used it for years putting his handles together.

Check out Glen Roach on Facebook. He does several different things with swirled.

No just a stop on handle side.

I think he used a 5/32 end mill to create the round bottom of guard slot. You see him filing a round on bottom of tang to match .

I use the band saw with bimetal blades. For liner material I use the side cutters that I cut open heat treat packets.

Absolutely. Slap it between aluminum blocks and some people just hang in front of cool fan to drop the temperature. John Wilson I do the same thing on both and have both going in oven at same time.

I think a lot miss that the heat treat temperature noted in most places is for 1 inch thickness of material. We do 20 or 30 thousandth of material..

I use a little different temp and times. I do 1450 stress 15 min then ramp to 1975 for 10. Plate cool then into liquid nitrogen as by where from 2 hours to over night. Temper is 400 degrees for two hours twice. Source was Rick Menefee and Phil Wilson. I think Rick does another liquid soak after...

Where are you in Mo?

The thing to do on tapered tangs to make sure your blade is held straight. You then line up your holes and drill straight down through that blade and handle material. If you have a Billy Helton Aligner you have it licked. You have blade held and screws to help supposition when you drill through...

Several announced yesterday the passing of Chris Marks Mastersmith . The man made awesome damascus for blades and bolsters. RIP.

You can also run a stitch wheel over the holes before you cut a groove on back. Helps to keep from having to contend with the push out .

Old Moran term to me convex edge. Gentle curve to the edge.

That cactsus is great!

Do you do a straight v edge or appleseed it?

If you got it from Aldo, I don't know what Caffrey says , but normalize it three times before you heat-treat it do make grain smaller.

Drop point and skinner with Glenn Roaches clothes!