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    Through tang fastener question

    I have a few friends and family members that like to wood carve and I'm just spooling up on how to go about making a few knives for some of them. When I looked at the popular, among wood carvers, Mora carving knives I noticed the handle fastener on the rear end looks to be slid over the tang...
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    Where to send steel for test?

    I work on automated manufacturing machinery and am currently scrapping out a bunch of 20-30 year old machines. The machines all have THK linear bearings and ball screws, some up to 15 foot in length with workable height and width dimensions. These are very high quality precision bearings. I...
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    Top load/vertical kiln?

    I know a front load kiln would be much easier to deal with but, they seem to be far and few between in my area. Top load seem to be a dime a dozen here and I can pick one up for $100-200 in good condition. Is anyone here here using a top load for heat treat? Seems like it would be a bugger...
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    Bad batch?

    I heat treated a couple blades from O1 about 10-12 years ago and chalked up its spotty color to a bad process on my part. Fast forward about 12 years and I just cut out another blade from the same stock I had. This time as I got down to the finer grit belts I could start seeing a spotty...
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    O1 or 154-CM?

    I have a few blades ready for heat treat I cut out and profiled over 10 years ago. I unfortunately can't remember which ones I cut from O1 and which are 154. Any easy way to tell? Also, any recommendations where I can send the 154 for heat treat? I'm just spooling back up to start building...
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