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I have 2 grinders, a heat treat oven and plenty of hand tools. Wondering what you would buy next if you were me? I have about $1000 budget. Was thinking a mill or surface grinder or ? Thanks guys, Brian

Finished no. 5 a week or so ago and no. 6 tonight. No. 5 is 3/16" 1095 about 5in blade with 4.5in handle. Tried dymondwood for the handle and while it was easy to machine, it chipped out on me. I will go back to micarta and wood. No. 6 is 3/32" O1 with a scandi grind. Cocobolo...

I did some research and followed the heat treating advice of Kevin....mostly. Where I strayed was with the quenching medium. I understand 1095 requires a fast quenchant like brine or Parks 50. I only have medium oil (canola) so that is what I used. Based on my qualitative observations after...

I just recieved this knife from my father. Had no idea it existed until yesterday. Apparently, my great grandfather used this knife in his butcher shop. I want to use this knife occasionally and need advice on how I should clean it up or restore it. It does have a little bit of minor surface...

So I have been very interested in knife making for some time. I know this is out of order, but I decided some time ago I wanted to build my own grinder, so I did that. I had already posted this before sometime ago so many might have seen it. Than I decided I needed to have a heat treat...