• Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope that you all have something to be grateful for this year and for many years to come

  • The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is available! Price is $250 ea (shipped within CONUS).
    Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/

  • America has reached 250 years, and I am grateful to be here, in the best country in the world. Thank every one of you who helps make this country a better place, those who have gone before and risked it all, and those who've paid the ultimate price to make the United States what we are today.

    Happy Birthday America! Let Freedom Ring for all time!

Good Information Library

Great site and info, thanks!
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Heres some more, I found this site last year!

Illustrated Parts Breakdown Page
http://stevespages.com/page7a.htm

Owners' Manuals (PDF Files, Adobe Required)
http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

U.S. Army Field Manuals
http://stevespages.com/page7c.htm

Archival Books (Firearms and Reloading)
http://stevespages.com/page7d.htm

Magazines & Articles
http://stevespages.com/page7e.htm

Downloadable Catalogs
http://stevespages.com/table2.html

All Kinds Of Other Interesting Stuff
http://stevespages.com/table3.html

If we can keep this going it might be good to 'sticky' this thread!
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Here is an interesting .pdf entitled Experiments on Knife Sharpening. If you're at the basic drag it across a doorstep level it is probably not for you, but if you like to play around:

Experiments on Knife Sharpening
John D. Verhoeven
Emeritus Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Iowa State University
Ames, IA

page 2 [1] Introduction
page 8 [2] Experiments with Tru Hone knife sharpening machine
page 12 [3] Experiments with steels
page 18 [4] Hand Sharpening with flat stones and leather strops
page 25 [5] Experiments with the Tormek machine
page 32 [6] Buffing wheel experiments
page 37 [7] Experiments with carbon steels
page 40 [8] Experiments with diamond polishing compound
page 43 [9] Summary and Conclusions
page 46 References
page 47 Appendix 1 Edge angle measurements with a laser pointer
page 48 Appendix 2 The Tormek sharpening machine
page 53 Appendix 3 The Tru Hone sharpening machine

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/downloads/pdf/knifeshexps.pdf
 
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