First water quench successful! 1080 quenched in brine. The key seemed to be to have the lowest temp I could going into the quench meaning the lowest temp I could get the blade to still be non magnetic at. Besides that I rounded all the edges of the knife (and that’s why it looks like a butter knife)
How to inlay into steel? Here’s a beautiful piece by Charles Bennica that features an Inlay of this black material into the handle. Is there any way to inlay something like this without a CNC or even manual mill? It’s super hard to find any information on art knives so I figured you guys might know.
