NRunals Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I've read in quite a few places that for the most part older files are W-1 and newer files might not be... does this information sound correct? i forged a blade from an old file, never got it too hot during forging, normalized it, then annealed it, filed it/sanded it where it need, turned the lights off, brought it up to a cherry red, and quenched it in water.... it warped and cracked in a couple places. W-1 should be quenched in water right? i usually use vegetable oil for 10XX steel, should i have just used the oil, or maybe used hot or warm water? thanks for any tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Yes it is a water quenching steel but it is recomended to use oil with thin pieces. Bob Edited to add that it's to bad it was a nice start on a good looking knife been there and had it happen you can epect a lot of that if you are going to use water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRunals Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 thanks, yeah it was a bummer.... oh well guess it's a part of the process huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Too thin. You need to leave it thicker to quench, but in thin parts you should use oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 W1 and W2 are , iirc, are both cleaner forms of 1095. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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