Recent content by The Edge

Been away for a bit, but wanted to throw this out there. Devin has taught me that heat treating steel is more about testing things yourself, rather than following a recipe. There are a multitude of factors that can affect a heat treat. Something as simple as an oven being a little off from its...

Another 225mm chef's out the door. This one in 26c3 with nickel/silver bolster and ironwood handle.

And another knife finished and on its way home. This one a 225mm in s35vn hardened to ~62hrc. Handle is Black and White Ebony, with copper and dyed box elder burl spacers. Thanks for looking :)

Latest knife out the door. 225mm chef's in 26c3 hardened to ~65hrc. Two tone amboyna burl with copper.

If you're going to buy a knife that's going into the dishwasher and being sharpened by a machine, get the cheapest thing you can find. Treating any knife like that, even nsf, will cause it to degrade over time, and you'll have to replace them sooner rather than later. Just my two cents, as I...

Here's another 240mm knife finished up. 240mm chef's in 26c3. More of a traditional hamon, with the steel hardened to ~65hrc. Handle is black and white ebony with buffalo horn ferrule and nickel/silver spacer.

Here's another 240mm chef's in 26c3. There's so much more going on with the hamon that I couldn't capture in a picture, but I think it looks great. Handle is Ironwood Burl with buffalo horn ferrule and nickel/silver spacer. Steel is hardened to ~65hrc.

8 knives down, 6 to go. 5 carbon and 1 in s35vn. Have a new quench tank coming soon, that I ordered 3 weeks ago, which will help redoing the carbons. For those of you with carbons and western handles, I'll be contacting you shortly to go over handle material options again, as I can't get what's...

225mm in s35vn hardened to ~62hrc. Handle is Redwood Burl and copper bolster.

270mm in aeb-l hardened to ~63hrc. Handle is bog oak with malachite and nickel/silver spacers.

Here's another picture that I enjoy. Just to show you that she thinks she runs things.

Another finished up, and already home. 240mm in 26c3 hardened to ~65hrc. Handle is exhibition grade ironwood, with brass spacer, and buffalo horn ferrule. This one is ground for a righty :)

Just have one cat. Her name is Kali. She isn't too social, but does play with the dogs. Here's a good picture of her. Pure bred Bengal we got from the humane society.

Just a heads up. I know it's been a while since I posted, but thought I'd throw an update here, since I just emailed most people. I ran into a problem with the heat treatment on a few of the carbons, that just revealed itself. 5 knives need to be redone. I'm still working on others as well, but...

And another on its journey home. Another 240mm, but this one in 26c3 with random hamon. The hardened steel tested at ~65hrc. The handle on this is Bocote. This was the A profile :)