I completed the heat treating and tempering of my 5160 handmade knives yesterday. Today I put the final edge on em and tried them out. They both take a super sharp edge,shave easily and take off thin slices of writing paper. I did some light wood chopping (they`re small knives),carving,removed bark then cut 400 total inches of thick cardboard with each and they still shaved and cut as well as before! I was thrilled,the techniques I read about here on the forums worked perfectly. A few little details,putting the grip scales on and shaping them and they`re done. Thanks for all the help and encouragement guys,I wouldn`t even have tried it if it weren`t for the forums. BTW I`m picking up a belt grinder and small propane furnace next week. This could be habit forming.
Marcus
