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I am getting ready to do my first heat treatment of AEB – L at home. The commercial heaters have either become too expensive, not confidence or inspiring or they just flat don’t take small orders anymore. I have my 16“ x 4“ x 1“ plates and a long drive for dry ice. I have heard that AEB – L is...

I have seen some folks like Roman Landis say that they oil quench air hardening steels. I am thinking about CPM 3V and maybe later some ALDO AEB-L equivalent. I have both AAA and 50 and I was wondering if you could quench it in 50 that had not been warmed up to perhaps make it a less violent...

Just a general question. Have paracord wrapped handles fallen out of favor in the custom knife world? I know you still have people who still do stuff that’s closer traditional Japanese style, but have the striders of the world gone away?

I’ve tried to get in touch with Bo at blue lightning three times over the last week and I haven’t heard a peep. He already has my artwork but fortunately I have a copy to. Who do you guys recommend for stencils and what kind of turnaround could I expect?

I got some insboard for the ends of my forge What do you use to cut it and how do you coat it?

Does anyone make one? I can find the fixtures for other manufacturers, like Feder, Wilmont, Brodbeck, etc. but number for the KMG I would prefer not to have to buy a completely separate machine like the uncle Al device but I’m not sure I’m comfortable trying to build one.

I’m thinking of doing a jimmy fikes inspired piece. The only other time I tried this I discovered that you need to have the thing a little narrower top to bottom to compensate for the diameter of the para cord. The other thing I’m wondering is how do you fat enough to handle a little bit? I know...

So what’s up with these guys, they don’t answer their phone they don’t respond to emails or voice messages. I’m talking about spending $1700 with him and I can’t get a response. Are they still in business? I was one of their early customers, so this would be the second forge I bought from them...

So why the recent popularity of handle pins made from composite materials like G10, Micarta, etc. What advantages do they have?

Want to get like a a Kanca post vice, but I really can't bury the stand in the ground nor do I have a handy stump What is the best way to mount one?

I only ned a welder for damscus billets and such. What would be the bst for under $1000. New only. I had a Home Depot Lincoln 110v flux core wire welder and it was inadequtae from the get go and got worse quickly..

So does anyone know if the 50 to 100 round bar that you can buy from? Granger is decent stuff? I’m inclined to trust them more than somebody from eBay.

So why do you have to buy a $3700 air compressor to run a $150 sand blasting cabinet?

So how fine do you have to finish hardened steel so that blasting with aluminum oxide media' etc will remove/hide the grinder marks? I have read that with old school rust bluing, a clean 320 grit finish will work without blasting,, but i have seen one guy take a blade up to 600 and hand sanded...

I was previously running a 100 pound tank, but I had a welding suply store a block away so they would come get it an fill for me. I am moving and will be building a new shop, but I dont know how I wodl hook up a perment say 250 pound tank to my forge. 20 gaallon tanks freeze up when you are...

Nobody seems to have the 50 kg/110 lb Peddinghause. So would you guys go with the 35kg/77 lb Rigid-Peddinghaus or the 50 kg/110 lb Knaca?

This is a little balde that I made for myself a few years back. I call it a Sab Francisco bushcrafter because I was inspired a bit by the balde and hanlde shape of the Michael Price and Will and Finck spear point bowies. Stell is 115W8/1.2442. It is a bit heavy because of the Micarta, so I made...

So I have been seeing a number of the "high speed, low drag" type tactical knives for years that are made from stainless super steels like S30V, S35VN, Elmax, etc. The maker/manufacturer picks a very expensive PM stainless steel and then puts a coating on it. Why? Why not pick something that...

I was reading up on the Council Tool Camp Carver axe and noticed that it is 5160 tempered to 55. From what I have read from Larrin's work, 5160 appears to be one of those steels like A2 where you have to "take what the chemistry gives you." Too hard or too soft, not so good. Same with going too...

Obviously, many people have used paracord for both permanent handle wrap and temprrary wrap that can be used as emergency "cordage." Doe sanyone know of knives that have been wrapped in say 500 lb Spectra braided fishing line?