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    The Texas Knifemakers' Guild - Region 1 - general membership meeting.

    Greetings, The Texas Knifemakers' Guild - Region 1 - Will conduct it's annual general membership meeting on the 30th of January 2016, in Jarrell Texas. For complete information visit our Facebook page. Texas Knifemakers' Guild Even if you can't make the meeting, visit our page anyway to...
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    Discoloration after HT?

    Greetings, After taking my first knives from the oven and sanding them with 180, I've noticed some splotches that are not sanding out. Could the coloring difference be that the temper is different? My D2 recipe: heat to 1100 hold 5min heat to 1500 hold 5 min heat to 1860 hold 20 min (should...
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    Paragon oven problems...

    Greetings, Just got my first oven... a Paragon KM14D, 120v, 14amps, 1600 watts. It's on a 20amp circuit by it's self. The instructions are pretty clear for firing. Well it starts heating and will go for a few hundred degrees and stop... then it starts to cool... I tried it 3 different times...
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    Bodark scales on my latest.

    Greetings, These are from pieces I got from Mr. Cunningham at the Hammer In. This is some really hard stuff, anything but hand sanding burns.... Still working on the fit n finish.... Lee Haag
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    Using Argon when H/T?

    Greetings, Anyone use an inert gas in there oven? Is if a viable alternative to foil? Better? Worse? Come one guys someone out there has to have some experience with it? Lee Haag Lightning Sharp.
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    Using foil when H/T

    Greetings, I'm going to use foil for the first time on some D2 I've got. That stuff isn't cheap....wow! anyway how much do you use when you wrap a blade? and use pliers to crimp the edges...? Do you put a wood shaving inside before it goes in the oven? Do you leave it in the foil when it gets...
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    Quench plates?

    Greetings, I've read several posts where thick aluminum plates are used to quench air quenched steel such as D2. I was wondering if anyone had tried other materials, like marble or granite. I have some surfaced 2" thick slabs of granite that would fit just right in my press.... any ideas? Lee...
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    Knife Dogs Heat Treat Over?

    Knife Dogs Heat Treat Oven? Greetings, Looking to purchase a oven... With a little help from Google... I like the look and price of this oven... anyone used one? or a oven with this kind of controls. http://usaknifemaker.com/knifedogs-tm-heat-treating-oven-by-paragon-5001.html any input is...
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    Greetings from another Texan...

    Well, to start off I'm not much good at all this technology... I guess to start, I made my first knife in shop class in high school. It has been sort of a hobby through the years until now that I've finally retired for good. I bought my self a pretty good knife grinder and gotten good enough to...
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