Yeah he must be hunting or something
Thanks Ted and yes I do all my own HT. In a SS packet then into the forge at 1950F for 5 minutes and quench between two x one inch alloy plates. Temper at 350 for 2 hours. I have done quite a few of these in 1095 and have another to do after showing this pic on the AH forum but in the prefered 1095. The only difference between the ss and the carbon is that I do all my ss grinds post HT where the carbon gets rough ground pre HT and finished after. Have enough of that piece of black walnut for another 6 knives.
Her you go Chris. This is the rest of the batch with all but the two daggers in the rack. They have been sanded to 180 grit so still a way to go with them but it is Sabbath eve so will get back to then at the start of the week.
I cut them all by hand. the only thing that is machine helped is the holes are done on a small drill press using a pointed stem rather than a drill bit. I sand the edges on the belt grinder after glueing them together and then hand stitch. The edge slicking is done with a slicker I had made and which fits in the drill press.
