Instructions

How to Heat Treat 14C28N: Stainless Steel From Sandvik, Sweden Many makers want to use stainless steel for a cleaner look in kitchen knives, in the past we have used to suggest 12C27 as the stainless steel to start with.  We suggest you might want...

Heat Treat Recipe for Hamon using W2 Recipe copied from AustralianBladeForums.com.au, post by Shawn McIntyre, original text from John White. Only work I have done is convert from Fahrenheit to Celcius and add a summary for clarity. Summary: How to...

How to Heat Treat 80CrV2 Carbon Steel: 80CrV2 is a popular blade steel in Finland, most all of the Lauri, Polar and Laurin and many of the Brisa carbon blades are made in just this steel. It is a steel similar to 1084 with the added Vanadium and a touch...

Heat treating CPM S35VN CPM S35VN is a martensitic stainless steel designed to offer improved toughness over CPM S30V. It is also easier to machine and polish than CPM S30V. Substituting niobium carbides for some of the vanadium...

How To use: Knife Handle Casting Resin These are the instructions for the knife handle casting resin mix. The kit comes with 2 bottles of resin, these need to be mixed together and then poured into a mold.  Health warning: Epoxy should be kept off...

How To Heat Treat Simple Carbon Steels: ** Recipe for 1084, 1075, 15N20 and 5160 ** The short version: Heat the steel to non-magnetic any way you can (815 C / 1500 F) No hold time required, just get the entire blade to this temperature QUICKLY quench in...

How to Heat Treat Cu Mai (1084 + Nickel + Copper + 1020) Cu Mai is an amazing-looking material in the right hands, but certainly not a beginner project. The laminated copper in between the steel and nickel makes it temperamental, and will require some...

​ELMAX Superclean is a powder "super steel" by Uddeholm known for excellent edge retention qualities and high toughness. The steel has 1.7% carbon and often tempered to 60+ HRC in use for knife blades: Uddeholm Elmax SuperClean is a high...

Heat Treat Instructions for AEB-L Stainless Steel: Heat Treatment: the short version Requires temperature control, like a thermocouple in gas forge, or better yet a kiln. Heat to 1066 and hold for 15 min, quench in oil. Put into kitchen freezer (as cold...

Instructions for Stinger Framelock Folder Kit  **** NOTE: The Stinger does not have a pocket clip, unlike the early model in the instruction video **** Tools required: Torx T5 and T8 The kit comes with all parts required for assembly: ...

How To Complete a Chef Knife Kit: Tutorial on the Grand Chef 220 Kit These instructions will be the same for most fulltang blades, here using the Grand Chef 220 kit. A "fulltang blade" means that the handle profile is part of the blade already, we will...

Instructions: Uncle Bjorn’s Handle Finish (UBHF) Neutral Finish. Resin Based Hard Wearing Handle Finish The kit consists of Bottle 1: the resin mix itself Bottle 2: lubricant oil Cotton fabric to apply the resin mix Sand paper We recommend...