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No doubt about it there, salvaged steels are not for me. Lucky for us we have the world at our fingertips these days and about any quality blade steel is available. The fear of that "heartbreak" you...

Mike,

I do want to be clear, I was not criticizing Charlie's work , not at all. He makes a great looking product and his videos are a joy to watch as another craftsman. I have learned a ton...

Oh , No sorry.

Let me clarify here, not your videos I was referring to. I was not in any way criticizing your work, or videos. This was one made by what sounded like a person from a shave shop,...

They are all tempered, weather a manufacturer uses that as a marketing gimmick or not.

Something very common in the SR world is confusion, or misinformation about tempering/HT of steels. I have...

Negative, any blade must be tempered to some degree after the quench. A 1095 blade can crack just sitting on the bench if you dilly dally between the quench and temper. You can adjust the HRc (RC)...

There are a ton of great links here to Youtube vids. I joined this board recently because I found myself here researching so much I figured what the heck. I am also a knife maker , and have developed...