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I have a couple scrap A-2 blades floating around the shop...un-heat-treated...I use them for various stupid things...amazing how well they hold up...

Should be a much better grade of steel than rr spike?

there's a beauty queen under all that grime...lol.

I don't make folders....(yet) ;)

Drill bits are relatively cheap. Black oxide last a bit longer than uncoated...and not as long as TiN-coated. Buy them as SHORT as possible and make sure they are SPLIT POINT. A standard drill has a fairly fat web and that creates heat. Short drills are stiffer and with a split point you...

Would not "custom handle maker" and "custom sheath maker" be more accurate? being that doing either well requires skilled craftsmanship.

As always....amazing attention to the details!

I have used mobil 1 for sanding at the recommendation of a few guys here...went from clogging paper quickly to Lonnnnng life time! I was so impressed that I run it in my vehicles now...lol.

I love A-2. It's all I heat treat. I think the cryo makes it both harder and tougher (definitely harder as I pick up a point on average...sometimes almost 2...on the Rockwell test.) Bear in mind if you pick up 3-5 points after cryo (as some guys on the interwebs have claimed) your HT recipe is...

While I love the look of Damascus (okay...pattern welded steel...) Years of working as a Toolmaker just won't let me go there from a practicality standpoint. Hard to beat a good mono-steel.... I also wonder what percentage of Damascus makers shouldn't be....I'm bettin' that's a higher...

gold....

very nice. did you do the handle on a lathe?

Only a tube amp and a great bluesman can make tone like that!!

doppelgangers...lol.

great writing...sad song.

FB has a pretty good page for those...I had a real clean one located here in montucky for $300.....wifey and I disagreed about the "need" factor....but I did get some reading done....also you tube has some vids.

Here's the ones I make. I do not do the wood inlay handles anymore (time sink hole to get 'em to look decent) $250 with sheath. $275 with personalized sheath. A-2 tool steel. 60 RC. Satin finished. Cut like a champ. handles are made from Corian countertop material...very scratch resistant. They...

welcome. Very nice work!

smacked THAT one outta the park...!