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Hello everyone. I thought I would follow Lin's lead and let you all know about my experience with the MS performance test. I performed it under the supervision of Mike Williams and did not pass, this time. The blade performed well in the cutting tests, but during the 2x4 chop a flake of steel popped off the side of the blade. A small bad weld pocket I think. We went ahead and bent it just because I wanted to see if the heat treating was on target. The blade which is 396 layers of 1080 and 15N20 went through the bend with no problems whatsoever. There were no cracks and a perfect bend.
I cannot say I was not disappointed, but it gave me some very good information and gives me six months to get the sucker dead on for next time. All in all a good learning experience and I want to say thank you to Mike for his support and instruction, also to Lin for his support ( We will get them next time). Also thanks to everyone at the hammer in for making it an enjoyable weekend none the less.
Brion
Brion Tomberlin
Anvil Top Custom Knives
I cannot say I was not disappointed, but it gave me some very good information and gives me six months to get the sucker dead on for next time. All in all a good learning experience and I want to say thank you to Mike for his support and instruction, also to Lin for his support ( We will get them next time). Also thanks to everyone at the hammer in for making it an enjoyable weekend none the less.
Brion
Brion Tomberlin
Anvil Top Custom Knives