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in my knife making world.
The Weird:
I was told by a company that is offering a knife like object that 1018CRS undergoes heat-treating by being laser cut and thus is a capable cutter when it drops out of the sheet. (if you guys know something I don't please enlighten me)
I suffered through and inquisition by another newb maker (like myself) about heat-treating. Even after he admitted that what I was saying matched his mentors it was not sufficient. He wanted to use info obtained in a previous conversation about O1 to HT 154CM. This included a 1500 degree austentizing temp, no foil, and oil quench. He then wanted to know why I kept talking about testing my knives, actually asking "do you cut stuff"? It ended up being an hour of time I can never recapture. (after this and some of the stuff here I'm wore out)
The Good:
I visited a friend/mentor knife maker and he gifted me a brand spanking new bench top hardness tester!
Finished 2 knives.
The Weird:
I was told by a company that is offering a knife like object that 1018CRS undergoes heat-treating by being laser cut and thus is a capable cutter when it drops out of the sheet. (if you guys know something I don't please enlighten me)
I suffered through and inquisition by another newb maker (like myself) about heat-treating. Even after he admitted that what I was saying matched his mentors it was not sufficient. He wanted to use info obtained in a previous conversation about O1 to HT 154CM. This included a 1500 degree austentizing temp, no foil, and oil quench. He then wanted to know why I kept talking about testing my knives, actually asking "do you cut stuff"? It ended up being an hour of time I can never recapture. (after this and some of the stuff here I'm wore out)
The Good:
I visited a friend/mentor knife maker and he gifted me a brand spanking new bench top hardness tester!
Finished 2 knives.
