Heat Treating Knives, Blades etc

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1. Heat treat polished steel

   By Krown Kustoms, May 6, 2014
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   • Krown Kustoms
   • May 8, 2014

3. L6 HT?

   By bikecopXXX, April 21, 2014
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   • bikecopXXX
   • April 22, 2014

4. Differential Tempering Process

   By CrookedPath, April 8, 2014   

   • heat treat
   • tempering
   • 11 replies
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   • Steve Sells
   • April 9, 2014

5. First time Knife

   By Pirate4Hire, March 11, 2014
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   • ThomasPowers
   • April 3, 2014

6. tempering a splitting maul

   By ranger225, March 10, 2014
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   • Jim Coke
   • March 12, 2014

7. some of my favourite lessons in knife making

   By eggwelder, February 13, 2014
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   • rockstar.esq
   • February 27, 2014

8. Building a heat treat oven need advice Part 1--Ramp Soak??

   By Mike Romo, February 11, 2014   

   • ramp soak PID controller
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   • timgunn1962
   • February 19, 2014

9. tapping damascus

   By itsme, January 30, 2014
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   • itsme
   • January 31, 2014

10. fillet Knife

    By RingingAnvil, March 7, 2010
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    • Steve Sells
    • January 28, 2014

11. Needing local blacksmith that can heat treat my knives

    By Zantow, January 22, 2014
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    • homeshow
    • January 25, 2014

12. broken blade

    By bowfishjim, December 15, 2013
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    • homeshow
    • December 31, 2013

13. Can I send a blade some where to be tempered?

    By Schneider, December 27, 2013
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    • ThomasPowers
    • December 27, 2013

14. Quenching soft iron 1 2

    By abyss94, November 13, 2013   

    • iron
    • quenching
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • iron
      • quenching
      • knives
      • oil or water
      • improvised
      • HELP!
    • 26 replies
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    • Dan C
    • December 16, 2013

15. Post quenching problem with 5160

    By Crazy Ivan, November 21, 2013
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    • quint
    • December 9, 2013

16. A Railroad spike knife

    By Jack Evers, December 1, 2013
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    • WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith
    • December 3, 2013

17. Is it possible to make a blade stay blue after quenching?

    By Zpyke, November 15, 2013   

    • Tony swatton
    • blue
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      • Tony swatton
      • blue
      • tempering
    • 10 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • November 15, 2013

18. I have a molten salt bath for tempering glass lenses can I repurposes for blades?

    By Cosmo, September 16, 2013
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    • JNewman
    • September 24, 2013

19. HT W2 file with simpel tools?

    By peppen, September 12, 2013
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    • Rich Hale
    • September 12, 2013

20. Steel too soft and malleable.

    By BlacksmithDrew, September 8, 2013
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    • ThomasPowers
    • September 9, 2013

21. How do you temper an axe?

    By lakeside forge, September 5, 2013
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    • Momatt
    • September 7, 2013

22. Edge not what I wanted (was: add on for topic below)

    By Rangerdave, November 7, 2011
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    • Rhyfelwr
    • June 23, 2013

23. It BROKE!!!!! Forged/ground Nicholson file knife

    By Hayden H, August 2, 2012   

    • MLEH!! Gah!
    • ARGH!
    • 13 replies
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    • Rhyfelwr
    • June 23, 2013

24. Need advice on heat treating with charcoal forge

    By ak15-t, April 29, 2013
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    • Frosty
    • May 14, 2013

25. My first Knife, Annealing Question?

    By BeginnerKnifeMaker, April 28, 2013   

    • annealing
    • knife
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      • annealing
      • knife
      • knives
      • first
    • 2 replies
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    • tantofolder
    • April 28, 2013

26. Aluminum quench plates

    By Jon Smith, April 21, 2013
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    • Frosty
    • April 24, 2013