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The shop and school will have no connection with the ABS. This is our idea and we would be working independently of the ABS. The equipment we would be working with will be the same simple stuff that I had when I started. Steel, grinders, quench meduims, a steel rod to flex edges on, rope to test cut and a vice to test the strength and felxability of blades. All of what is actually needed is available to all. Naturally there will be a Paragon oven and a Mankel forge.
If you have been following my articles in Blade the past year you will have a good idea of what kind of blades we will be working with. We plan to explore all variables from the tip of the blade through the influences of blade geometry, design (why and how) and heat treating.
I recently purchased some ATS34 and have some other steels that I plan to work up. I have made 154 CM blades that easily passed the cut and 90 degree flex of the ABS performance tests. These blades were not officially tested at the shop of another Master, just me in my shop.
I know that stock removal methods can be pushed a long ways into the realm of the high performance knife. I haven't been able to acompolish the levels of performance of the best forged blade and steel, but as we start working with them, we will learn more. I believe that much of what we have learned recently has applications that should have benefit to those who chose to work with them. It is a little early to start making specific predictions. I have not had the time to devote to all the experimenting that will be required.
No I am not switching to stock removal personally for my knives.
If you have been following my articles in Blade the past year you will have a good idea of what kind of blades we will be working with. We plan to explore all variables from the tip of the blade through the influences of blade geometry, design (why and how) and heat treating.
I recently purchased some ATS34 and have some other steels that I plan to work up. I have made 154 CM blades that easily passed the cut and 90 degree flex of the ABS performance tests. These blades were not officially tested at the shop of another Master, just me in my shop.
I know that stock removal methods can be pushed a long ways into the realm of the high performance knife. I haven't been able to acompolish the levels of performance of the best forged blade and steel, but as we start working with them, we will learn more. I believe that much of what we have learned recently has applications that should have benefit to those who chose to work with them. It is a little early to start making specific predictions. I have not had the time to devote to all the experimenting that will be required.
No I am not switching to stock removal personally for my knives.