9/1/2006
Going forward, I will attempt to update the newsletter during the first week of each month (hopefully on the 1st day of the month). Time goes by so quickly that I am finding myself playing catch-up with the newsletter.
There has been interest from some visitors to this site in a monthly mailing of the newsletter. If you are interested in being sent an e-mail each month containing the CKG Monthly Newsletter, please send me your e-mail address and I will include you on the circulation list. If at some point you decide that you want to be removed from the list, just send me another e-mail with your request and I will delete your address from the mailing. I am also planning to create a newsletter archive on the website so visitors will no longer have to scroll through past newsletters to read what I wrote previously. The archive will be indexed by newsletter date and hold all of the newsletters that have been published.
I’ve taken some pictures of the shop and will soon post a photo gallery of the shop pictures on the website.
Work on the model knives is going well. I hope to have them completed and on the website by October. As this is a busy time of year for the gunsmithing side of the business (hunting season) and with two knife shows coming up in the next couple of months, available time for working on the model knives has been short. Also, two of our daughters are getting married very soon; one on October 28th and the other on November 11th. So, there is wedding planning to do. I am also working on the knives required for the Master Bladesmith test. With all of this, delivery time on new knife orders is around July of 2007.
I have just completed a knife for the performance segment of the Master Bladesmith test. I’m planning to take this knife for testing in September, provided I can arrange it with a Master Bladesmith. I will post an update on the outcome of the test. This damascus bladed knife is made of 1084 and 15N20 steels. I have been using 1084 or 1075 and O-1 steels for my damascus blades, but recently have had problems getting the blades to survive the 90 degree bend test. About 25% of the blades would break at around 85 degrees. The 1084 and O-1 combination makes a blade that has great edge holding ability, but it is difficult to guarantee that the blade will take a 90 degree bend
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