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Sp8ctre

Sp8ctre

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Hardness Tester that is!

After ordering the heat treat oven I was informed, poked and prodded to get a hardness tester. The knife community is just like the guitar community...enablers!

They said I can't tell if I'm getting a good heat treat with a way to check hardness...so now this resides in my garage. And I don't even have my oven yet!

...and NO the bike is not mine, these pictures are from the sellers house. He did try to sell me the bike though.

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aon said:
Congrats!

What about the etchants and microscope to have a look at how the grain structure looks like? :D
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I have etchants and no real need for a microscope. You can see the grain structure just fine with the naked eye. If its bad it's easy to see...
 
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Chris, I flat out loved metal and wood shop in middle school. Nothing like being 13-`4 yrs old and able to use a Forge and to twist and shape and quench metal. Then the other fun started when we got to turn metal on a lathe. I remember making a cool cannon.

Now as a 55+ knucklehead, I have seen on TV a smidge of your type skill of knife making. Quite a talent and assemblage of skills needed to fab up good stock and then to process it into blades.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Chris, I flat out loved metal and wood shop in middle school. Nothing like being 13-`4 yrs old and able to use a Forge and to twist and shape and quench metal. Then the other fun started when we got to turn metal on a lathe. I remember making a cool cannon.

Now as a 55+ knucklehead, I have seen on TV a smidge of your type skill of knife making. Quite a talent and assemblage of skills needed to fab up good stock and then to process it into blades.
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It is quite a bit of work and there is a serious learning curve for all the different skills needed to complete a knife.

The good thing is I am actually skilled in this area where as the guitar playing just never clicked with me no matter
how much time and effort I put in...
 
Sp8ctre said:
It is quite a bit of work and there is a serious learning curve for all the different skills needed to complete a knife.

The good thing is I am actually skilled in this area where as the guitar playing just never clicked with me no matter
how much time and effort I put in...
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Yup, I learned things like Damascus steel, different numbers to describe steel etc.
 
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