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I think sometimes people are discussing different things when strength, toughness and edge stability are brought up. The way I personally define it: edge stability - an edges ability to resist change toughness - an edges ability to resist chipping and fracturing when its toughness limits are exceed...

Carrying the Q Ball in hopes that the new year brings us some more CBBL knives.

Fireman wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:17 pm

Less grinding.
Perhaps a CPM mule mold?

Doesn't the HIC Mule and C109 "S" use a process similar to this?

Any idea how they price seconds? Seems weird the Maxamet and S110v manix 2s have a higher msrp than the Siren but are cheaper as seconds.

Thanks for taking the time to test and share with us here. Very interesting to see the difference in Bess vs ELab numbers. Has anyone every run this type of test with 440c vs cast 440c to see if there really is a difference in aggression?

Dwight K Shrute wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:03 pm

Thank you! This is the reason I'm having this problem. I'm looking into another sharpening method for certain knives I've got

The plates are held on with two sided tape so you could always pop one off and put a spacer under it.

I've never had a problem sharpening the whole edge on a KME. Just park the side of the stone up against the plunge line. The KME uses normal stones that can reach. The WSPA has narrow plates set into a wide holder so the plate holder hits the plunge not allowing the whole edge to be sharpened. The ...

https://www.harborfreight.com/1-in-x-30-in-belt-sander-58359.html https://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/sanding-discs-belts-sheets/sanding-belts/1-in/1-in-x-30-in-120-grit-sanding-belt-5-pack-69846.html That's my setup. I recommend getting belts from Tru Grit abrasives because of the wide selec...

Also , you'd have to search this, but there is an amount below which you can sell personal property without reporting it as income. It applies to selling things that aren't business related. Yard sale income, for example, does not have to be reported below a certain level. I'd Google it for you, bu...

alphaneuron9 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 07, 2023 2:43 pm

Nice scales. Where did you get them?

Looks like one of the many scales I uploaded to thingiverse for 3d printing.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5560027

Edit; got sniped copying the link lol.

I'm no metallurgist, but here's my 2 cents worth: I wouldn't worry too much about the bubbles being throughout the whole blade until I examined it more closely. If they are present in the bevel and/or along the spine, then I might relegate the knife to the pure-user category. Otherwise I'd ignore t...

Can't believe no one mentioned Spaceballs. Wasn't a box office hit like most movies mentioned but it's my favorite Sci-fi movie after the original Star Wars trilogy.

Congratulations everyone!

I wonder what tools he uses to grind his coupons exactly the same, as shown above. I read Larrin's first book, but don't recall reading how the coupons are ground and sharpened. All these coupons must slice like demons initially, with their .010 BTE, wow. I would like to own that very shape of a bl...

"Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades" Corey Hart

I use my left hand for fine movements like writing, and my right for large movements like throwing a ball. So for normal cutting chores like food prep and cardboard boxes, it's lefty. I carry, open, and close righty however, because neural tumors in my left hand make it a little more difficult to m...

The well traveled Chaparral. It's been to 4 of the 5 Great Lakes with me. This time it's Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Crazy surfer in the background in ice cold water. It was my runner up calender picture.