 Heat Treating HC Spikes (1040)
Well since I am getting the hang of bladesmithing down by using spike knives, various kinds. But I make sure they are all stamped with HC. Tested them all as well. Approx: 1040 I'm guessing. I have 5 different sorts of knives and one small seax.
Steps so far...
1- Hot Forging
2- Ground and filed.
3- Annealed
4- Hardened
5- Normalized
6- Normalized
7- Annealed
8- Hardened
I am now at the last ten steps for me so far.
I need to
9- Heat Treat
10- Polishing
I need to know what temperature I should I temper it too? I'm going to do about 535F, unless told otherwise.
Yes I know, it's not real blade steel, but I want to make the knives as strong/sharp as possible. So is 535F good for a tempering temp???
Best Regards,
John
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