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I purchased some AEB-L here at USA Knife and just bought a Hot Shot oven (model 360-K). I plan on putting it in my freezer for the cold cycle. Just a few questions:

1. Can someone recommend a recipe for heat treating this material if I am going to use the freezer. It was suggested that the recipe will differ based upon who manufactured the AEB-L.

2. My ...

Hey everyone Black Mamba Knives out of Memphis just got a feature on USA News covering the forge operation and how their Damascus gets made. Worth a read if you care about where Damascus steel actually comes from vs what most sellers are shipping.

The short version: they weld their own Damascus in-house from 1095 and 15N20, heat treat to 58 to 60 HRC, and do every s...

Black Mamba Knives hand-forged Damascus out of Memphis, Tennessee. They have been doing this since 2009, so the operation is not new. The founder started with a coal forge and a secondhand anvil. That is still roughly how the blades are made.
What is worth linking for anyone doing Damascus research:
The main Damascus page has a solid write-up on how the billet is ass...

Huge Win! In a major victory for Knife Rights and knife owners across America, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that Section 1242 of the Federal Switchblade Act (FSA) violates the Second Amendment; "Applying the framework articulated in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen,