Kenny gibbs

Yeah sorry just had made my account it's fixed now

I totally understand like i said im still learning and criticism does not bother me that's why I ask questions so I can learn I appreciate all the input any one will offer me

Thanks guys in still learning a lot, I appreciate all the advice

I didn't let it get glowing hot just brought it up to a dull orange and let it cool for about 10mins

I heated the blade back up then let it cool slowly to try and soften the metal

It's still summer time in Kentucky, I did try annealing the blade and to no avail still could not drill the tang. I think you are right about the heat conduction did not think about that,

I recently got some leafsprings steel from my work it's off an industrial frontload garbage truck, I was getting ready to drill holes in my tang for the scales before I quenched my blade and noticed it was already hard, I skated a file right off it, I went and grabbed a blade I forged but had not cleaned up yet and it was also hard, file tested it skated right of long story short I could not drill the blade and had to drift holes what could have caused this