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Looking closely at the Sandvik information, the 14c28N steel shows about 2 pts gained in RC by -5 cryo and another 2pts gained by deep cryo (these gains are interpolated by the gains in hardness at his/their first reported tempering effect). So, I think that their steel does likely benefit a...

Welcome! I think you should take up swords next. They are sort of a disease, once you get started. but, lots of fun. nice work on the 1911. you fit right in with this group. kc

Well, I don't know about shipping, but I know that Aldo Bruno (NJ Steel Baron) will sell you W2. I am certain he has shipped to Australia, so I am pretty sure he will ship to you. Do you forge or stock remove? I have a 2" x 7" round that will forge out to make a lot of knives. I have to check...

I agree, that is quite a nice knife. I would love to see more pics. kc

I like it a lot. how did you texture the copper? kc

man, that looks GOOD. I am making some budget hunters, and I hope mine have some (at least a little bit) of the understated grace that yours has. I have 2 questions, if you don't mind. 1. what did you quench in? 2. what did you use to grind (or file) the clip? nice one. very nice.

Welcome! I am originally from Trinity, used to live in Huntsville and Tyler. I miss Texas (and Austin most of all). good to hear from God's Country! kc

living in Austin and making things from steel. That is a great life. Hope to have it some day myself. Beautiful gun, Jesse. Bruce, thanks for sharing it. I love your wip threads, too. kc

very nice. I don't understand that particular steel, but the blade you made from it looks great. kc

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ok - financial circumstances force me to drop the price to $1,000. thanks for looking, Kevin

good knives. look fun to make, too. I am with you on the names (some day I want to make a thermonuclear, anti-genocidal, kill-death-destroy model... and it has to be about a 3" blade with a couple of simple pieces of wood pinned to the handle). But, I digress. always like your stuff, the whole...

that is really cool!

I love the fullering about the pattern welded bar. that is a great detail. Nice work, as always. kc

I really like the ferrule and the checkering. The blade is nice, too. good stuff!

Hello Everyone, I finally finished this one, and I got some pics from Coop. The blade is 80crv2, O1, and 15N20. It is 3 parts to 1.5 parts to 1 part, in that order. The blade is made of 3 twisted bars (with 9 layers each), and one piled bar. The very edge is 80cr2. The OAL is 23.5" blade...

Here are the final pics. I hope y'all like it. Thanks for looking, kc

good for you! I am always impressed when someone makes their own, unique, grinder. I am too afraid that I wouldn't get anything useful after a ton of work, so I don't try. Points go to James Helm for helping you and moral support! kc

thanks guys. George - this is the shape I make for myself, too. Dan - when I take it easy and make a knife for the fun of it, they always look a lot like this, don't they. JD, being JD, was the first to point out to me that I had sort of a, "style." Not to mean stylish, but that there is a...

I love it! I always thought those were such formidable weapons. Imagine someone who knew what they were doing coming at you with one... makes me want to wet myself or run (if my family wasn't involved, I would run!). But... I can't run very fast any more. Anyway, too cool. Historically, were...