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either im blind, or im really bad at using the internet, but i cant find places in my area(colorado) or websites to buy heat treating oil, i also would like to hear what oils people have good results with when using 1095 steel and the like. im building a nice & big quench tank, and want to buy...

thanks guys! it worked, now i gotta do more! haha

also do you know of a place where i could find an inexpensive pyrometer?

alright cool, i turned my forge up, but i guess i didnt turn it up high enough. i shall try tomorrow and see how it goes!

so i got a wild hair and wanted to fold some steel (old coil car springs) and couldnt get the metal to stick to its'self, i would heat it, put z-weld on it, heat it up again, then try to hammer it together, but it wasnt cooperating, does anyone have any suggestions or referrals to where i can...

sweet haha

does anyone know how well JB weld holds up against hot oil?

yeah thats what i was thinkin, im just not too knowledgeable on the collector part of knives, im more interested in makin them, but at estate sales i find some cool knives i wanna know more about!

one of my mistakes was getting big headed when i accomplished my first couple knives, i was humbled by knife shows and talking to people on forums, although im only 2 or 3 years into it, i also did my fair share of mystery steel. does anyone else get tons of donations from friends and neighbors...

would the american ones still be stamped inox? the wood, to my suprise is really pristine, but the roping on the brass spacers is wearing down

cool thanks guys, thankfully, if its a cheap chinese one, i only paid about a buck and a half for it, so its no skin off my back.

awesome, thanks for all your help guys! and do any of you have a suggestion for a circulation system? i can just use a stick, but i was wondering if there was anything cheap and hands free that i could use in hot oil?

recently i was at an estate sale and i found a pretty interesting folding knife. i was wondering if anyone had more information on it than i do, as far as i can tell, its made of rosewood and brass, and has a cork screw, bottle opener, and large blade stamped "inox". the reason i think its a...

for my next (couple) projects, i would like to make some ammo cans into quenching tanks, i was wondering if anyone had some info on the specific idea i wanted to do- an ammo can with a heating element in the bottom, now i have seen exactly one picture of it, and thought it was amazing! much...

thank god for this thread, although i have too many projects (who doesnt) this one gets real high priority, and it just so happens my dad is an electrician, so he can help me out!

I tried to make a little piece the other day, and even with my astounding foresight, i neglected the fact that i had no warm place to keep it during the cure, ("no place warm" being outside, in below freezing temps) so it came out all kinds of messed up. it didn't dry overnight, and it bubbled...

very mysterious knife, the handle is some sort of antler or horn that was bought at an estate sale, and the blade is made of a coil suspension spring, so im not quite sure what type of steel it is, besides high carbon, but its my EDC and i love it! (i just have links to the pics, cuz they...

brilliant!

thanks, i will have to give it a shot!