trash collector Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 If a person will be making knives by stock removal, is it possible to do all of the heating, hardening, tempering first. If this is true where can I purchase metal already treated. Thanks TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son_of_bluegrass Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 It is possible. It will be harder to grind and will need to be kept cool. I don't know where you can get already heat treated steel. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 How would the person who is tempering the blank know where the final edge is going to be so the tempered section is along the final blade and not ground away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDJ Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Would grinding not induce stress that should be heat treated out? (not a knife maker, just wondering based off of info I have read in previous post.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 TC, when you use the material removal method, it's mighty tough to keep it cool enough to not lose temper in the blade. Like rmcpb said, the person doing the tempering wouldn't be able to tell where the finished edge would be. I'm not a "Bladesmith", by a long shot. But that makes sense. My 2 cents worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Suppose you could temper the whole blank in an oven but then you would have to be MIGHTY careful to grind slowly with water cooling to keep the temper. then you would have the problem of a hard tang that often needs to be drilled......... Interesting question though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trash collector Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Thanks guys for all the info, think I will try the the oven heating. I'll let you know what happens. TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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