Rich streeter Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I got a nice straw color in the first 2 hour cycle, should I do a second cycle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Welcome aboard... I always suggest this to get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST Not enough information to even make an educated guess. What kind of steel? What temperature of the HT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich streeter Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 So do you think I should do another cycle,or wait 24 hours then 2nd cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich streeter Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1095 and 15 n 20 steel 2hours at 400 clip point knife Anybody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Griffin Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I would have done two, one hour cycles at 400f. You can go another hour at 400f. Not going to make much difference. You just need to come to room temp. between cycles. Straw is what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich streeter Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 THANKYOU I got a nice dark straw color and looks great,just whasent sure about the 2nd cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhitee93 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The color is only an indication of what temperature the surface of the steel go to. (not a very good indicator by the way) It does not indicate anything about how complete the tempering process is. Generally speaking, you'll want more than one temper cycle regardless of what color the steel turns. There are numerous descriptions of the changes that happen to the structure of the steel around here that would explain it better than I can. Edit: Oops, sorry, I just realized this is an older thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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