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if its hard to get rid of that secondary bevel...... try using a diamond file... .. i picked up some dmt diamond files for 7 bucks each... and they'll easily abrade the bevel down... (and it'll minimize the amount of cursing :)
- the diamond files are also good to keep your stones flat...
i use chrome oxide.....the green compound on a piece of thin cardboard... ... i put the cardboard on the counter top to give it some backing...
it strops nicely... and doesn't take long...
;)
G sharp :cool:
try to drill your pin holes before heat treating... as o1 sometimes airhardens a little bit and it could give you trouble later...
i've done a couple of o1 knives in my small coffee can forge... .... you have to make sure that you heat the spine first.... then even out the heat to the...
how bout a one brick or two brick forge.....
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10800
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11056
even easier is a coffee can forge..... just line it will ceramic wool...
hopefully someone close by will offer to...
Just my opinion
in the past... stainless would not have been a choice of mine...... simply, i've used those kinds of knives and they wouldn't hold a very good edge....... it gets to be a pain when your skinning a deer and have to resharpen 10 times..
-- but now a days...... the...
i aggree... good info will help to make sound decisions...
yes... were abit over zealous but its for a good cause !
I find that owning a decent knife is a pleasure.... especially if your an avid outdoorsmen... but on the otherhand..... having a bad knife is like having a thorn in...
actually the RC hardness of most carbon knives is close to the same as stainless..... the carbon contributes the most to hardness...
the Cr adds to wear resistence and deeper hardening... ... the wear resistence makes them harder to sharpen
eutectoid of plain carbon steel is about .77%...
right on...
it was the study on reptiles that was quoted in the ecology class.... and its feminizing effects on their male parts...
but i believe i'm onto the cure... its beer... :D i've never seen it in a blue plastic bottle or in a nalgene bottle.......... just plain old...
ask yourself........what kind of demands will you be placing on this knife... then go from there to decide which steels.....
-- also ...how much are you willing to spend.... there are lots of trendy steels out there with superior claims, high price tags....
lots to think about
Greg
if you look up " xenoestrogens" .... you'll find alot of info blaming it for just about everything.. ..... not sure i'd believe all of it .... but when i was in university, it was part of an ecology course.... (scary stuff)
you couldn't pay me to live in the same neighbourhood as a blue...
i've heard some folks ....after they prep the bones and dry them..... boil them in linseed oil to preserve.... .. the ones i saw had a nice shine after being buffed..
i don't think the boiling is necessary......i'd just stabilize is in a vacuum.. to pull the linseed oil in
you could just fit up a wood handle by drilling a hole in it........ then turn the knife upside down and pour a pewter end cap...
this has been done for some old timey knives.... for bolsters and end caps
I look for a tutorial..
Greg
from what i remember you use brown paper...
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