The few times I've tried W1 or W2 with any type of water quench (brine, dish soap added, heated, etc.), they've always cracked. Maybe not catastrophic...

A notebook of some kind. Even a smaller moleskine one to keep in your back pocket is good, but I prefer a larger one or even a sketchbook because some...

So much of that design is right up my alley, I love it! Excellent work and thanks for sharing.

Those more familiar with the industry might be able to answer better, but I'm not seeing anything that would stop it from behaving like a 10xx steel f...

Not sure if it's just me, but no matter what browser I use I can't get any of the links to work on just this post specifically. Still, I learned about...

Thank you for the video! Adding acetate sheets to my shopping list.

Glad it worked! Gorgeous dagger, too. I especially appreciate the pierced ricasso. I see that in a lot of the museum reference pieces I've found, but ...

The hardness depth is going to depend on a number of factors, but we deal with much thinner material than tools like hammers. So the heat treatment yo...

It is! You can buy sharpening stones/rods that come in all different shapes for the different types of serrations, or you wrap sandpaper aro...

Fry's electronics usually has it, but it looks like you're in Kansas and I don't think Fry's exists there. But just about anywhere that sells motherbo...

This is the first I'm hearing about this method to help out with twist damascus (but I'm not a big damascus fan, so I suppose it's more I haven't been...

In that case, I'm throwing my vote in with Karl's. Pin looks like it might be a hair to the left? Or really that it's angled and not going through qui...

Might just be the light playing tricks on me, but it looks like there might be a tiny crack near the heel of the blade.

That's very pretty! I wasn't familiar with Nelsonite until now, but seeing the kind of results you're getting with it I'm definitely going to be l...

Sounds like you have some bear paws instead of hands! I'm sure there are better ways more experienced smiths have worked out (I imagine there...