Heat Treating Knives, Blades etc

498 topics in this forum

1. Intro to Heat Treating 1 2 3 4

   By Steve Sells, January 11, 2009
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   • anvil
   • August 31, 2022

3. Quenching knives and grain structure

   By Glenn, June 11, 2022
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   • JHCC
   • June 11, 2022

4. Oil Quench --- What Type to Use? 1 2

   By kayakersteve, June 20, 2013
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   • ThomasPowers
   • June 1, 2022

5. Question about HT with a pipe

   By HEAP of JEEP, December 29, 2015
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   • Frosty
   • February 26, 2019

6. Heating quench tanks

   By Hammerfall, March 13, 2017
   • 19 replies
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   • Goods
   • October 18

7. Heat Treating in a propane forge.

   By emtor, April 20
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   • Buster Bolster
   • September 14

8. Easy stainless steel for at home heat treating?

   By mooseman645, July 6, 2022
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   • Buster Bolster
   • September 13

9. Determining temps with magnets?

   By CaptainBruno, September 23, 2012
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   • Buster Bolster
   • September 12

10. My knives are soft in the middle

    By 4g20, June 20
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    • Frosty
    • June 22

11. 440C Ulu Heat Treat problem

    By Joel K, May 28
    • 11 replies
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    • Frosty
    • June 3

12. I require advice on treating my first sword

    By Chuck92, March 7
    • 13 replies
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    • George N. M.
    • March 11

13. Fluidized Sand Bath for heat treatment

    By JHCC, January 8
    • 2 replies
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    • J.P. Hall
    • February 23

14. Oversize blade heat treat

    By Chad J., January 17
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    • Chad J.
    • January 18

15. Help with a messed up Heat Treat

    By RobertMorman, January 5
    • 17 replies
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    • JHCC
    • January 9

16. 1095 blade banana'ing

    By M.J.Lampert, December 11, 2022   

    • help!
    • knife blade
    • 24 replies
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    • velegski
    • December 17, 2022

17. What causes a blade to bend when quenched?

    By bluerooster, December 16, 2022
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    • anvil
    • December 17, 2022

18. Am I Quenching Wrong?

    By Jeff RP, December 12, 2022   

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    • problems?
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      • 80crv2
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    • Buzzkill
    • December 12, 2022

19. kiln calculations

    By Bad_Rockk, November 17, 2022
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    • Bad_Rockk
    • November 24, 2022

20. Heat Treating 1060 Confusion

    By Jacob Riedell, October 1, 2022
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    • George N. M.
    • October 1, 2022

21. What did I do wrong

    By Kylemakesstuff, August 14, 2022
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    • Kylemakesstuff
    • August 16, 2022

22. Jorawar

    By Jora, June 16, 2022
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    • ThomasPowers
    • June 24, 2022

23. Tempering a Scythe with Pre-Industrial Technology

    By Chloe, June 16, 2022
    • 13 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • June 23, 2022

24. Hardening and tempering in one step - water tub and torch method? 1 2

    By doggonemess, May 3, 2019   

    • heat treating
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    • ThomasPowers
    • June 5, 2022

25. tempering a Knife with a torch

    By dougluvn, May 25, 2022
    • 7 replies
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    • George N. M.
    • May 26, 2022

26. Treating M242 Bushmaster steel

    By beslagsmed, May 17, 2022
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    • beslagsmed
    • May 18, 2022