In article , Ken Cutt
wrote:

I am thinking about trying to make a few pocket knives this winter . I
can get O-1 readily . I would appreciate any comments on using this
steel of some other . I do not have an oven so I am thinking to do the
initial heat with a rosebud tip ? Anyone have any bits and pieces ,
blade or handle stock they are looking to dump ? How rust resistant is
O-1 ? thanks
Ken Cutt

You absolutely do not want to do this, Ken. Making a knife is like
eating a Lay's potato chip. You cannot stop with one. Or even, as you
mentioned, "a few." before you know it, every square inch of wall space
is covered with knives; they'll fill every drawer in your workshop and
your office; you will find yourself carrying two or three or four
everywhere you go simply because you have no place else to put them.
You will, and I use the term advisedly, become a "knife knut." A
chronic condition for which there is no known cure.

That said, check out some of the newbie and other forums over at
http://www.knifenetwork.com/

You have been warned.

-Frank

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