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so lucky to live by a supply of flint..... what about turning some of it into sharpening stones..... does it work like noviculite ? G

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:

heres a post i did awhile back on some test cutting.. http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=3026&hl= sharp knives are good... :D :D Greg

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...

BeauTiful wow... very nice Greg

hi if you forge out a piece of 52100 into a blade.... often it'll have some kind of banding show up.... after heat treating it... just give it a dunk in dilute ferric chloride and alot of the times you get a neat pattern... yep... that co. produces something that should more accurately...

i agree for the most part..... but recipes do exist... and they are accurate... most are arabic or persian..... some visitor accounts too of the indian process.. theres a couple recipes in "Persian steel the tanavoli collection" by Brian gilmour here's my album click twice on the...

wootz is a crucible steel....... around 1.5% carbon.... its a 2 phase steel.... has hard carbides in a steel matrix..... .... the steel is made by mixing enough carbon, steel, and a carbide former(such as vanadium) in a crucible and melted..... then the melt is allowed to slow cool to...

i'll have to look around for some pic's ... here a little photo album of some misc... most of the knives aren't finished though..... just progress pic's... if you click on them you can see the pattern better album bladesmithing is fun.... matter of fact i believe its a skill...

hey Bill i just moved out to Halifax in the fall...... but i don't know a lick bout knapping... .. i used to do lot's of blacksmith and bladesmithing out in northern ontario... but not much now... I picked up some agate in bay of fundy..... just on the shore.... lot's of nice rocks out...