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And, I have a question if you are still around. Lately I've been making some knives and using Cerakote to coat them. I know typically Blade Bond requires the tang to be rubbed down with the maroon scotchbrite pad but what about on a coating like Cerakote? I'm also using mechanical fasteners so...

I know a lot of people use west systems 105 resin and 207 hardener or something comperable.

Here's some reading for you below. I have done a short sword at 60-61 and had no issues but now i shoot for 58-59hrc. http://www.hypefreeblades.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=77...

If doing the high temper I'd leave out the cryo. I thought jerry was a high temper guy? Any way there's a bunch of threads or there. I can did one up from hypefreeblades and some more if you'd like Bubba.

Bubba, my stuff is heat treated by Peter's but the schedules I request use a low temper around 400f and cryo. I shoot for 59 hrc. Hope that helps

Hope you and the crew had a good show Tracy.

I have a coote and a friend has the grizzly. Of the two I'd take the coote with step pulleys. I haven't tried the sling. Can you add a contact wheel to it? Or even a small wheel holder? If you can and it's more cost effective with add-ons and you don't mind putting it together it may be...

Oh yeah specs? Weight? Balance?

That's a massive chunk of ti Les! Beautiful work. Are you planning on leaving the edges as is or doing some carbadizing?

Tacti-cool. I'm liking the blade shape and those grinds.

Great job! I don't think I've ever seen that done before.

I'm interested in trying this and the LR formula. I use systems 3 clear coat for cord wrapped handles now so I'll be interested to see how the LR stacks up. I also G-Flex 655k. It's the thicker stuff that comes in the toothpaste tubes. It does a very good job for my full tang work and is very...

Thanks Boss.

I wasn't sure where to put this thread So feel free toOve it. I got a spammed again in the inbox. This time by Dennis Adams. It's bee reported. Anyone else getting spam?

I'm glad I found this thread. Good info in here. Ed, your experiences in these things is invaluable. I hate low ball offers but some customers do it more tactfully than others. I like giving a good product at a good price but it's difficult to work with customers that either don't know the...

Whooo-whee! Das chiny meng! Looking good!

On the same note my grinder and tooling arms are also aluminum. I haven't noticed any problems or inadequacies but i haven't dropped them either. My coote was solid steel but shook a little like a chihuahua in a 10 mph breeze. After running the direct drive on my aluminum grinder and seeing...

I don't have much to add to the conversation except to stress direct drive and vfd as being impossible for me to live without now that I have them. When I started a friend and fellow knife maker recommended a middle of the road grinder to see if I liked making knives without breaking the bank...

Nice! You turned that into a beauty.

I've been looking forward to this. Thank you for posting the info. Since I don't have cable I'm hoping I can get episodes from amazon. I also hope this helps to put more of a positive view on knife making as a skilled art form instead of any negative views the general public may already have.