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Ebbtide, Thanks for the reply. I did not know he made that model. It is not on his website. Fred

George and Laurence, Thank you very much! Fred

Thank you for the great explanation. This is something that has been puzzling me for a while. Fred

LH, Knife is looking good! Get some satanite and ITC 100 for your forge, it will make it more efficient. At least the satanite to seal the kaowool. you don't want to breath the burnt kaowool. Fred

Kevin Cashen, One of the things that I would like to understand about O1 is the soak time. 15 minutes for blades 3/16th" thick seems awful long. Could you tell me more about what is going on in the O1 that requires something like that? AJH, sorry to side track this, if you prefer I will start...

Mike, This might help you--http://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13865 Fred

Ebbtide, What is the top one? It looks like a BL New York Special. They all look great! Thanks, Fred

Looks great! Fred

Guys, Please take me off the list. I made two knives that I managed to break in two. One when I was hand sanding, the other when I was trying to straighten the blade. In both, I had drilled holes to lighten the hilt area and in the first one I had cut material away between the holes.(I won't do...

KM.ca, I thought that you were on vacation?LOL It was nice of you to take the time to respond to GWs question. Fred

KM.ca and Doug Lester, Thank you both for answering so promptly. I did put on an anti scale compound before HT, it was spotty how it worked. I think I needed to preheat the blade more before putting it on next time. The TC is in my version of a 2 brick forge( similar to Len Landrums), The blades...

Hello, I have recently heat treated 4 blades made from O1. The forge stayed between 1425 to1475. A propane forge b There was considerable damage to the exterior of the blanks. I held them to a 15 min soak. Blade where 5/32nd to 3/16th thick. How can I minimize that damage? I am...

Great job on the MB! Fred

Great job on the MB! Fred

DropPoint, That is the kind of program that I took. My instructor would not let us in the shop area until we had completed the intro and blue print reading. If you have previous mechanical experience, you should be able to finish those quickly. Then maybe you can get him to let you get the...

Chief Niloc, Thank you for the photos and explanation. I thought that I had responded to your 6/2/13 message, but i don't see it. Your explanation will help me a lot! It should not be hard to retrofit a bottom roller, if I need to. Thanks again, and hopefully this response won't dissapear...

Chief Niloc, You did an incredible job on your restoration of the CP skiver. Two of the photos you just posted give me an idea of how and where the bottom roller sits and works! Do the two screws in the before picture( bottom shot, photo #3) adjust the blocks that hold the bottom roller...

Chief Niloc, They are both gorgeous. Enjoy your new sewing machine! Liked your Cobra plate! Fred

Hello, I won a Chase pattern LS a while ago on ebay and started cleaning it up. I had to put it on a backburner but would like to finish it and be able to use it. I made a new blade for it that is not heat treated yet. I used O1. I need photos or information about the bottom roller. My...

Sounds deelicious!! I agree about G. Patton loving them. His quote about MOP is unforgetable. I will pass on it. Maybe for you, though. LOL Fred