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A bit of background before I get started. My grandfather started a small sheet metal shop, when my father was young. My father helped out around the shop, and with growing the business. Along I came, and well I really did grow up around metal manufacturing. It literally is in my blood (lack of respirators when I was young 
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I found this site during research on a good camping knife. While looking around I started seeing familiar terms jump off the page at me; O-1; D2; A2; M2; heat treat, ETC... Then I witnessed the encouragement of many others to give it a try. I decided to give it a shot just for fun. I really enjoyed myself. Working hands on with the metals and shaping the handles was therapeutic. Needless to say I have been bitten bad, by the knife making bug.
Thank you all. I appreciate all the information, and inspiration I get on these forums. And some of you guys aren't too bad either.
This is just basically filling out my profile a bit more. I hope you enjoy.
).I found this site during research on a good camping knife. While looking around I started seeing familiar terms jump off the page at me; O-1; D2; A2; M2; heat treat, ETC... Then I witnessed the encouragement of many others to give it a try. I decided to give it a shot just for fun. I really enjoyed myself. Working hands on with the metals and shaping the handles was therapeutic. Needless to say I have been bitten bad, by the knife making bug.
Thank you all. I appreciate all the information, and inspiration I get on these forums. And some of you guys aren't too bad either.
This is just basically filling out my profile a bit more. I hope you enjoy.
