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

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

4. Question about HT with a pipe

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

5. Quenching knives and grain structure

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

6. Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmiths 1 2 3

   By Woody, November 4, 2006
   • 54 replies
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   • Iron Bear
   • December 2, 2009

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

   By doggonemess, May 3, 2019   

   • heat treating
   • 49 replies
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   • ThomasPowers
   • June 5, 2022

8. Color of 1095 steel 1 2

   By Wolface2, October 6, 2020
   • 46 replies
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   • Steve Sells
   • October 16, 2020

9. Claying a blade 1 2

   By Chad J., October 5, 2021
   • 43 replies
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   • Steve Sells
   • October 26, 2021

10. Quench Tank for Tridents? 1 2

    By Avadon, August 25, 2016
    • 42 replies
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    • Avadon
    • August 27, 2016

11. is it possible that i could pay someone here to heat treat a knife or two for me? 1 2

    By chrisyancy, March 10, 2022
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    • Frosty
    • March 23, 2022

12. why is 1050, 1060, 1075 etc. shallow hardening? 1 2

    By 30cal_Fun, June 5, 2010
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    • Silent
    • December 14, 2010

13. Help with steel id? 1 2

    By Vito, May 14, 2015
    • 39 replies
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    • ianinsa
    • May 17, 2015

14. Affordable Ways to Quench 1 2

    By Kadin M, April 7, 2021
    • 37 replies
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    • Frosty
    • April 15, 2021

15. heat treating a double edged knife 1 2

    By Brad L, December 4, 2011
    • 36 replies
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    • Rhettbarnhart
    • December 21, 2012

16. Quenching to north? 1 2

    By Razzputin, August 4, 2013   

    • old wives tale
    • 35 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • May 1, 2018

17. Knife Newb seeking input 1 2

    By Lou L, March 21, 2018
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    • ThomasPowers
    • July 24, 2018

18. Minimum time to harden a thin blade 1 2

    By HennieL, December 9, 2011
    • 33 replies
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    • pkrankow
    • December 13, 2011

19. Leaf spring making from mild steel? 1 2

    By Dan_the_DJ, November 2, 2018
    • 33 replies
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    • Dan_the_DJ
    • March 15, 2019

20. Quenching: Water or Oil? 1 2

    By 30cal_Fun, May 1, 2010
    • 32 replies
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    • 30cal_Fun
    • May 10, 2010

21. O-1 steel air cooled breaking 1 2

    By Caldera, November 16, 2011
    • 31 replies
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    • MattBower
    • December 26, 2011

22. snapped a blade in half 1 2

    By castlegardener, July 24, 2011   

    • heat treating
    • troubleshooting
    • 31 replies
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    • Steve Shimanek
    • August 8, 2011

23. Dumb Question about tempering 1 2

    By Clayton M., August 20, 2014   

    • tempering
    • 31 replies
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    • rhitee93
    • March 18, 2020

24. I need some advice. 1 2

    By BlissStreet, September 15, 2011
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    • Randy
    • October 4, 2011

25. Advice on heat treating a 2H machete/chopper in 5160 1 2

    By Chris Pariso, July 11, 2018
    • 30 replies
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    • Chris Pariso
    • July 19, 2018

26. Terrified of quenching O2 knife 1 2

    By Gustav, May 5, 2019   

    • normalizing
    • hardening
    • 30 replies
    • 6.1k views
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    • Irondragon Forge ClayWorks
    • June 6, 2019