Not sure where you got that idea, or what you are referring to as a Train spring. If you mean clips used to mount track, I think that is very unlikel...

Charles, Looks like you have quite the collection of knifemaking stuff. Real shame you never got to use any of it. There are certainly things I'd ...

Charles, Sorry to hear about your troubles. I do suggest that you post your list in some more easily decoded format (i.e. PDF or TXT) so it can be ...

Also keep an eye on the viscosity of your vegetable oil. Ideally you want a fast oil for 1095, so your vegetable oil may need to be preheated to lowe...

While it is certainly not as good a choice to combine as the 15N20 that Ed recommends, if you are in a bind you might consider trying to source some o...

Kevin, Best of luck. My experience with other forums doing similar updates includes the loss of image attachments to posts. This can be crippli...

[quote name='Andrew Beckendorf' date='12 March 2021 - 01:48 PM' timestamp='1615574919' post='27639'] We can't get needle valves where we live....

Gas orifices are not required in forced air forges. You do need a needle valve for each burner branch as well as a main adjustable gas regulator. Fo...

Sure it is a crack not just a 60 grit scratch?

This is a good reference: Damascus Steel: Theory and Practice by Gunther Lobach

I think you may be minimizing the tremendous stress put on your blank from the transition zone between fast quenched high carbon steel and the unquenc...

Very nice summary Kevin. I remember a lot of these points from the various lectures of your's that I've attended. It is nice to see it all laid out ...

"medium speed oils which will fully harden a steel like 5160 or L6" Kevin, Just a quick side question: Other than concerns about cracking develo...

Strange, in all of the steel diagrams I've reviewed the eutectoid is listed at 0.83 percent (or close to it): For some reason I can only po...

Funny, I thought 1084 was the closest commercial steel you could get to the eutectoid: Also, who says you have to do an edge quench to pass...