watercrawl
Active Member
I've read various things over the last few months and talked to a couple of knife makers about heat treating.
Something that often comes up is that 1084 is easy to heat treat and others are more difficult.
What makes one steel harder to heat treat than others?
Each has their own formula....put in oven at certain temperature, ramp up to another temp, hold for so long, quench by air/oil/plate, temper, cryo perhaps, etc.
I know that's simplistic, and not all inclusive. But, it's close, right?
Anyway, given doing the whole heat treat with a programmable kiln and all of the other necessary bits, what would make one more difficult than the other?
Is it more that a steel like 1084 can be done without the programmable kiln?
Something that often comes up is that 1084 is easy to heat treat and others are more difficult.
What makes one steel harder to heat treat than others?
Each has their own formula....put in oven at certain temperature, ramp up to another temp, hold for so long, quench by air/oil/plate, temper, cryo perhaps, etc.
I know that's simplistic, and not all inclusive. But, it's close, right?
Anyway, given doing the whole heat treat with a programmable kiln and all of the other necessary bits, what would make one more difficult than the other?
Is it more that a steel like 1084 can be done without the programmable kiln?