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It took me a good week to even consider touching this topic as it has put me in the center of my share controversies, but that has allowed me to gain ...
[quote name='Chris_Bauer' date='26 June 2012 - 12:56 AM' timestamp='1340690176' post='4700'] Hello everyone, I joined my local blacking club (V...
Horizontal may be the way to go, especially of you are mostly working with single edged blades, they will give you more control in the quench. You ca...
I would just like to go on record that I personally do not endorse or recommend any vegetable oil or automotive product as an acceptable replacement f...
Steve, although I prefer not to use it I wouldn't count canola oil out as a quenchant fast enough to at least get the hamon area you are shooting for ...
[quote name='Mike Krall' date='27 May 2012 - 12:27 AM' timestamp='1338096456' post='4389'] ...Annealing by cooling from above critical at a very slo...
[quote name='Steve Morley' date='17 May 2012 - 12:46 PM' timestamp='1337276776' post='4347'] Kevin--thanks for jumping in. I was pretty comfortable...
[quote name='Cheyenne Walker' date='17 May 2012 - 10:02 AM' timestamp='1337266956' post='4344'] Kevin, would you recommend the same when working O-1...
For what it is worth, I do have salt baths and do not use them for most normalizing or annealing operations, it would not be very practical, efficient...
Joshua, that blade was severely overheated at some point (probably during hardening). The dark coloration at the spine indicates that the grain size ...
[quote name='Aldo Bruno' date='05 April 2012 - 02:31 PM' timestamp='1333654266' post='4034'] I find myself able to have 15N20 rolled. The material, ...
Steve, I think we are getting things sorted out. The decarb vs. oxidation is a fascinating study that is a bit more chemically complex than many belie...
I should say that my advice is to help you fine tune your methods in your shop. Due to unique variables to each shop, each maker and his tools, there...
Soaking can be various times and its success is greatly dependent on the previous thermal treatments to set you up for it. If previous heats (normal...