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Old 09-15-2013, 08:15 PM
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Getting ready to order steel

I'm thinking of doing about 5 or 6 bushcraft knives to start. My question is since I'm new I was going to go 1095. Sound about right. Since I'm waiting on my motor, I'll just profile those blades with my little HF 1x30 and cut off wheels for my grinder. I've also got to build a forge? To heat those blades up for treating. It just won't be cost effective to send them off to get heat treated. Maybe when I can send like a dozen or so blades at a time. Plus I've got quite a few leaf springs I need to straighten before I can use. Also my Micarta is in the mail, black with a military green liner.


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Old 09-15-2013, 10:20 PM
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Got answers in chat tonight, thanks anyhow!


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Old 09-16-2013, 08:41 AM
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It's OK to profile some blades ahead of time but I strongly suggest that you heat treat them one at a time. It takes a few tries to get the HT process correct when you start using a steel for the first time. No point in duplicating a mistake a bunch of times. Make a blade and test it to destruction. Keep doing that until you're sure the blade is as good as you can make it ...


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Old 09-16-2013, 09:29 AM
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Thanks Ray! Why I was asking the HT questions before we left!


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