Heat Treating by Alloy

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1. Help me understand what I did wrong

   By Paul Carter, October 3, 2020
   • 14 replies
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   • Paul Carter
   • October 12, 2020

2. Liquid nitrogen

   By Garry Keown, September 22, 2020
   • 8 replies
   • 666 views
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   • Alan Longmire
   • September 23, 2020

3. Heat treating 1045

   By Paul Carter, August 24, 2020
   • 6 replies
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   • Paul Carter
   • August 28, 2020

4. Heat treating W2?

   By Paul Carter, August 10, 2020
   • 19 replies
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   • Joshua States
   • August 25, 2020

5. Help! What caused this?

   By Paul Carter, August 9, 2020
   • 14 replies
   • 815 views
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   • Jerrod Miller
   • August 11, 2020

6. Interesting results.

   By Kael, June 19, 2020
   • 5 replies
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   • Alan Longmire
   • June 20, 2020

7. 5160, tip of blade is soft

   By R. Alex Dorris, June 8, 2020
   • 4 replies
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   • Jerrod Miller
   • June 8, 2020

8. 4140

   By R. Thiele, May 21, 2020
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   • R. Thiele
   • May 22, 2020

9. D2? 1 2

   By Jeremy Blohm, December 2, 2017
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   • Michal Plezia
   • April 1, 2020

10. Heat treat info on M2 HSS?

    By Conner Michaux, February 12, 2020
    • 10 replies
    • 889 views
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    • Conner Michaux
    • February 13, 2020

11. S35VN Positive Pressure Quench? 1 2

    By Brian Dougherty, October 21, 2019
    • 35 replies
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    • Brian Dougherty
    • January 8, 2020

12. Grain size 5160

    By jorge iruzubieta, November 30, 2019
    • 12 replies
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    • jorge iruzubieta
    • December 5, 2019

13. Is there is any other alternative method to soften the material other than annealing process?

    By Guest Louise M. Goff, November 28, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • Alan Longmire
    • November 28, 2019

14. 26c3

    By Joël Mercier, August 10, 2019
    • 11 replies
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    • Joël Mercier
    • September 2, 2019

15. Low Tech Sword HT

    By Will Wilcox, February 22, 2019
    • 8 replies
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    • MikeDT
    • March 1, 2019

16. Tempering, I'm confused....

    By Gerhard Gerber, February 21, 2019
    • 17 replies
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • February 25, 2019

17. Heat-trap paste- has anyone ever used it to mask a blade edge...

    By Al Massey, January 8, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • February 22, 2019

18. So How Do I HT O1? (ie. the beginners steel that beginners shouldn't use) 1 2

    By JohnCenter, April 5, 2018
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    • Conner Michaux
    • February 6, 2019

19. S30V

    By Jeremy Blohm, January 14, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 900 views
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • January 15, 2019

20. To foil or not to foil, that is the question.....

    By Gerhard Gerber, January 4, 2019
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    • Joshua States
    • January 7, 2019

21. Sand vs Oil for Tempering

    By Will Wilcox, December 12, 2018
    • 13 replies
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • December 13, 2018

22. Mystery stainless steel

    By Adriaan G, December 5, 2018   

    • heat treat
    • stainless steel
    • 16 replies
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    • Guest
    • December 11, 2018

23. How do I lock the temper color into my blade?

    By Paul Carter, August 7, 2018
    • 3 replies
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • August 7, 2018

24. Heat treating N690

    By Willie du Plessis, August 1, 2018
    • 2 replies
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    • Willie du Plessis
    • August 2, 2018

25. Leaf spring temper

    By Gerhard Gerber, June 7, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • Brian Dougherty
    • June 8, 2018