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I clay coated with satanite, and let it cure overnight- Then I heat treated like normal, and quenched in Parks #50. Lots of hand sanding went into this, too- I'm still not sure of how to get the best "pop" out of a hamon line... I must have had it looking really nice, then buffed it out, etched...

I started this knife a while back, and I left it on the bench for most of the winter because I didn't think that many people liked high carbon knives for the kitchen. I remembered what a lot of you guys told me, "just finish it." So I did- I also found that there is a decent amount of people who...

Thanks for all you do for the KD community, Boss!

I love surprise learning threads like this- You never know when you're gonna get some wisdoms around here!

Man, I wanna get my hands on one of these kits!

Thursday is my lucky day!!! If my last bali (made from scratch) hadn't been such a joke, I'd post photos!

I've not had any lesson in patience and humility resound more thoroughly and completely than spending HOURS working carefully and deliberately- only to ruin a piece in like 30 seconds. It blew my mind. But everyone here has done it. Someone here told me something really great- instead of...

Looking good, Mike! Your designs are so refreshingly unique.

Thanks, I'll definitely check it out!

From another new guy- I know exactly how you feel. I remember the first time it happened to me. I felt super discouraged because I REALLY want to be a good knife maker... I was terrified that I have spent a LOT of time and money on something that I'm going to suck at. The next day I went out...

Thanks so much, guys- You're all awesome. And I'm finding out that it's true (at least for me so far) that you're right Laurence- Flat grinding is harder- and the larger the blade, the more so. Can anyone help me with the hardness testing stuff? how *exactly* should I be trying to "skate a...

So I took some advice and I put the S35vn ones on the shelf and got some 3/16 1095. I re-did the designs that I had, and took a bit more time on them. I drilled the handles out before I heat treated them, and one warped like crazy, and one turned out fine. I don't know how to test hardness-...

I have that same grinder, and it's AWESOME. I wish that mine was still nice and clean like that. It was my first grinder that wasn't from Harbor Freight, but honestly I cant imagine grinding without variable speed.

JEALOUS! I'm still at the wanting one phase :)

Your stuff looks great, Steven! I'm really inspired by you- You've caught on quickly, I hope that I progress as fast as you have!

I was looking for this book forever- Never saw it for less than 300 new. I finally found out there was an E-copy. I bought it for my tablet for 10.00- It's great!

Every time I look around for a bench Rc hardness tester, I feel really poor. You can expect to pay a pretty penny for a decent one, Tracy. But everyone that has one seems to be glad they did.

I've seen the google maps one- it looks good. You can click the icons and it gives the persons name and the town that they live in. here's a link to a forum map that uses it- http://fjrforum.com/forum/map.html

Thanks, guys. Looks like I'll keep saving up, then!

I've been digging around the webs looking for a hardness tester that would not set me back a thousand bucks and I came upon this- http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/NNSRIT2?PMAKA=00933861&PMPXNO=4759213&cm_re=ItemDetail-_-ResultListing-_-SearchResults It seems too good to be true, as no one...