Purple! Because Ice cream has no bones!

Dopic1 said:
I've done a few piece before and it's not that hard, just get it past non magnetic let soak for 10 minutes and quench. I think I got too hot this time since it was a water quench.
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Cool!
Was reading in the General Knife makers sub, a thread where Aldo may try a run of a Hitachi type formula, white I think, since it's so difficult to keep any in stock. May be interesting!

If anyone is interested:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1448062-Hitachi-Steels
 
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Always a risk with water. Dang that sucks.

(5 gallons of Parks 50 from Maxim Oil ran me around $140 shipped to MT from TX a few years ago, in case you're interested)
 
lessismore said:
Always a risk with water. Dang that sucks.

(5 gallons of Parks 50 from Maxim Oil ran me around $140 shipped to MT from TX a few years ago, in case you're interested)
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Thanks, I should have done an earl quench but wanted to try water. it's suppose to get a bit harder and I believe it did, everything is in the oven tempering right now on the second cycle. I feel if you get the water quench right it will be super hard and really take an edge. Where it broke I looked at the grain under a magnifying glass and it was super fine. Oh well it's only steel.
 
Works great when it doesn't crack, but it's unfortunately common. Such a fast quench.

I've never tried it but I've heard of a quick couple of seconds into water and then straight into earl reducing crackalackage.
 
A friend of mine just finished his first knife with hand files. Pretty good for a first.

He lurks Bladeforums, in a moon window van with a "Free Candy" sign, slow rollin....
 
Ughh. That sucks. Ive heard lots of horror stories about water quench. Nice job on the repurpose.
 
Thanks Tim, no more wattah for me Sheldon just going to use Earl from on.
 
lessismore said:
A friend of mine just finished his first knife with hand files. Pretty good for a first.

He lurks Bladeforums, in a moon window van with a "Free Candy" sign, slow rollin....
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Far better than my first knife I made with hand files some 20 years ago, I had to read a book to learn how to make knives! LOL !
 
That's what I thought too Laurence, my first one was knife-like in a way, kinda.....ok not really:D
 
That is for sure. I know I would be still wondering how knives are made if it wasn't for Google anf BF
 
Thats one of the big reasons I have absolutely no problem paying for a membership here. I've learned a lot here.

It used to be if you wanted to learn ANY skill, you had to find a book (which usually gave you just enough info to screw things up), or pay someone to teach you, and hopefully you knew a guy that knew a guy.

Times change, I miss the old ways, but the internet is an amazing resource. I will say, I would have been an even more dangerous idiot when I was a kid if I had youtube back then!
 
For my first knife I give the Internet alot of credit, however most searches brought me here to the blade forums. The edge I put on it might cut butter. That's one of many things I need work on.
 
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