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D2 looks to be a pain to forge. Large billets like that are machined then heat treated to usually the low 50's on the Rockwell scale in industrial manufacturing. I've got a sheet of it (2":x24"x 3/32") waiting for the mood to make a pair of Kitchen knives out of. It might make a nice post anvil...

Poor defenseless little Blur. What is the steel on that one? I've got an old Red with some version of 440 steel and the combo edge that I have been kicking around for decades.

Someone I work with wanted to preserve the Hunting knife his father used and gave to him(Top). I had the honor of lightly restoring that knife and its well worn sheath. I then went one more step and made him the bottom knife and sheath. The blade is W2 full hardness and everything else is sole...

Thanks all! hso, the only credit I can take on the differential is just executing on what Kevin Cashen, Larrin Thomas and Don Hanson worked so hard to figure out. The next time I clay some blades I'm going to take before and after pictures. I thought makers were joking when they claim to be...

I got these 3 done in time to play Santa. All three are Aldo's W2, Red/black G10 handle (10" Breaker), Ebony and ironwood (Kiritsuke style slicer) and Blue micarta (Custom Cleaver). A blade from the same batch Rockwell tested at 63

W2 custom cleaver with blue micarta

Kiritsuke style in W2, ebony & ironwood

10" W2 Breaker with Hamon

This is a slicer I made up for Thanksgiving. 1095 that was clayed and has a faint hamon but I liked the polised look better. Handle is ebony up front an sugar maple in the back bamboo skewer for a pin. I pooched the quench so the heal is a little soft. Still need some wood work and polish...

One thing that I have not seen in this thread. Here in Commonwealth of Kentucky it is a CCDW permit not as CCW permit. The D in this case means deadly weapons not just handguns. That means if I have a ASP baton, blackjack, large knife and other things that LEO's generally frown upon on me I am...

There is a 21" Remchoke barrel for the 870 for their youth models that has a rib. I lucked into one as I prefer the shorter barrels for rabbit or social work.

I had my older neighbor check the bunny for critters"wolves". In Okeechobee I could probably take 5 or so swamp rabbits with a slingshot if I was so inclined.

Thanks for the replys. This rabbit didn't know that the "salad bar" was closed and got picked off from the kitchen door. Skin was clean, meat was clean, liver looked good. From spine hit to freezer bag was about 20 minutes. I'm going to freeze it solid for a few days before braising it to well done.

I'm familiar with finding parasites in fish. What do you look for in rabbits? Sores and worm/maggot like things in the flesh? Thanks,

I'll add a few here. BarKeeper's Friend is great for cleaning up Diamond Stones. Sandpaper method for convexed edges and for field sharpening is worth knowing but almost essential for khukri's. I keep a diamond hone-steel for kitchen knife touchups along with a crock stick. Weened on arkansas...

Had a girlfriend that carried a Ruger revolver in 22wm. Always thought if we got into a "situation" I could justify shooting before her as a "humanitarian act." I would not want to get hit with a varmit load at bad breath distance from a 22wm. Shooting it from inside the pocket of a cheap...

My fiancee has the TX22 DAO Taurus and I understand why the attrocious DAO trigger pull. Its better for carrying it with the safety off. I liked that sized pocket pistol so I bought myself the Beretta 21a covert (blued and walnut with threaded barrel). Its a pretty little gun but here are some...