I did the brass rod test on a skinner that I am pretty much finished with. It did mostly fine. There were a couple of places on the edge that dimpled a bit (I may have been pressing too hard). No area chipped. I put the final edge on. I was able to push cut phone book paper to problem. I started cutting up a bunch of cardboard. A couple of boxes including a fairly thick corrugated box that carried a couple of 1 gallon milk containers. The knife zipped righ through the cardboard really well.
I then went back to phone book paper. It cut it ok, but did tear some. I stropped it a bit and was able to push cut the phone book paper again.
I did the HT in a 2 brick forge. eoes this sound like an acceptable result or does this sound to you like the edge is too soft?
I then went back to phone book paper. It cut it ok, but did tear some. I stropped it a bit and was able to push cut the phone book paper again.
I did the HT in a 2 brick forge. eoes this sound like an acceptable result or does this sound to you like the edge is too soft?
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