Heat Treating Knives, Blades etc

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1. Quenching knives and grain structure

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

3. Question about HT with a pipe

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

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

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

5. Intro to Heat Treating 1 2 3 4

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

6. My knives are soft in the middle

   By 4g20, June 20, 2023
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   • Frosty
   • June 22, 2023

7. 440C Ulu Heat Treat problem

   By Joel K, May 28, 2023
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   • Frosty
   • June 3, 2023

8. Heat Treating in a propane forge.

   By emtor, April 20, 2023
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   • Buster Bolster
   • September 14, 2023

9. I require advice on treating my first sword

   By Chuck92, March 7, 2023
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   • George N. M.
   • March 11, 2023

10. Oversize blade heat treat

    By Chad J., January 17, 2023
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    • Chad J.
    • January 18, 2023

11. Fluidized Sand Bath for heat treatment

    By JHCC, January 8, 2023
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    • J.P. Hall
    • February 23, 2023

12. Help with a messed up Heat Treat

    By RobertMorman, January 5, 2023
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    • JHCC
    • January 9, 2023

13. What causes a blade to bend when quenched?

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

14. Am I Quenching Wrong?

    By Jeff RP, December 12, 2022   

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    • Buzzkill
    • December 12, 2022

15. 1095 blade banana'ing

    By M.J.Lampert, December 11, 2022   

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

16. kiln calculations

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

17. Heat Treating 1060 Confusion

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

18. What did I do wrong

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

19. Easy stainless steel for at home heat treating?

    By mooseman645, July 6, 2022
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    • Buster Bolster
    • September 13, 2023

20. Jorawar

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

21. Tempering a Scythe with Pre-Industrial Technology

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

22. tempering a Knife with a torch

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

23. Treating M242 Bushmaster steel

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

24. Critique my grain

    By jmhallrn, April 27, 2022
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    • jmhallrn
    • April 28, 2022

25. 5160 questions

    By Kette, March 24, 2022
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    • ThomasPowers
    • March 24, 2022

26. File steel.

    By elbowroom, March 13, 2022
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    • ThomasPowers
    • March 13, 2022