More Kudos to JT

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Cushing H.

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Ive always had trouble keeping my alloys straight .... especially on blades coming back from heat treat. I have usually marked the alloy in Sharpie .... but the handling and cleaning agents and grinding always seem to erase the markings (this is one of the reasons I have *tried* to limit myself to 2 alloys only (except for damascus!). Well ..... it seems like JT has been putting his new laser etcher to good use. Recently I received this back from him...
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Marked on the tang of course.... He might be doing this mostly to help him avoid mix-ups in incoming blades (so he can batch like materials and hardnesses?) - but this is REALLY cool and *REALLY* handy for me ..... no more struggling to keep my fragile sharpie markings visible! I dont know if he will continue to do this for every blade and batch - but I like it!
 
Good for him. I do my own heat treat and have one of those cheap electric engravers and mark each blade and or bolster to match blanks. Each bolster is then put in plastic tray box labeled with corresponding blade. A1 to A5 etc.
 
That is great news, I got a couple back from him (kitchen knives with WA style tangs) with it marked in sharpie on the blades, which is fine but this looks awesome.
 
I always take an engraving chisel (mines just a hardened and ground piece of drill rod) and mark a few letters pre ht to remember
 
Electric engraving pens cost about $15, and are perfect for marking steel permanently.
 
I got a few sets from him back when he was still plasma cutting blanks. Had similar markings on the spine in the HAZ. I was impressed because is was 0.06 in stock. If you weren't looking real hard you would definitely miss it. It was gone in normal profile cleanup, so no extra work on my end.
 
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