backtines
Well-Known Member
Hey Guys ,
Ive been making knives for about 3 plus years now and 95% of my knives have been made from 1095 . I think I have the whole HT and tempering down pretty good .
I wanted to try something different , so I bought a chunk of O1 ( which I never used before) . I would like to know your thoughts on the HT and tempering process..
1. Will I be safe at running my oven at 1450 for 10 min or so and tempering at 350 / 375 for 45 minutes ( 2 cycles ) ??
2. Ive read different methods on actually putting my blade in the oven . At what temp should I put the blade in the oven ? Or does it not really matter?
3. Id like to maybe mess around with a hamon .. Is O1 a good steel to try it on ?
4.Ive been covering my blades with an anti scale powder that works GREAT !! , No scale left after HT. Now that Id like to attempt creating a hamon I guess the clay or furnace motar that I will be using will somewhat act as an anti scaling paste ??
Your thoughts ??
Ive been making knives for about 3 plus years now and 95% of my knives have been made from 1095 . I think I have the whole HT and tempering down pretty good .
I wanted to try something different , so I bought a chunk of O1 ( which I never used before) . I would like to know your thoughts on the HT and tempering process..
1. Will I be safe at running my oven at 1450 for 10 min or so and tempering at 350 / 375 for 45 minutes ( 2 cycles ) ??
2. Ive read different methods on actually putting my blade in the oven . At what temp should I put the blade in the oven ? Or does it not really matter?
3. Id like to maybe mess around with a hamon .. Is O1 a good steel to try it on ?
4.Ive been covering my blades with an anti scale powder that works GREAT !! , No scale left after HT. Now that Id like to attempt creating a hamon I guess the clay or furnace motar that I will be using will somewhat act as an anti scaling paste ??
Your thoughts ??