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Forged from 5160. Black walnut scales. Hand stitched leather with trade beads. Garrett Forge Knives California

Recently completed B&T. Nicholson file with lightly scorched curly birch. 1/8 brass. I know a lot of guys frown on files because of the lack of pos-ID on the steel but I have had very good results with the Nicholson brand. (With a lot of failures). Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

My neighbors know I am a knife addict. Luckily, like me, they are garage sale junkies too. Knowing that about me, they know what I look for. If they see a knife, no matter how crusty or old, they grab it if the price is right. Well, thanks to my neighbor, I now have a Schrade Old Timer model...

This one was forged from a Bellota rasp. The rasp was tested prior to annealing to ensure that it was worth my time. Made that mistake before!! Heated to non magnetic and quenched in preheated olive oil. Temper was two hours at 375F. The scales came from an old walnut tree. They were 12X1...

Hello all, I am new to knife making but I have always noticed that 1095 will blister during the quenching process. I am curious as to why. Several other carbon steels and that I have worked with do not. I am careful not to overheat and my quenching media is an olive oil preheated to about 100...

Hey all! New to this forum but I figured I'd post a few longhunters I recently made. Rasp steel can be tricky because a lot of them are case hardened but these guys heat treated nicely. Behaved a lot like 1095.