kicker9898
Member
Hello everyone, hope someone can answer some HT questions for me. I've researched 1095 HT for a week now, but I see a lot of variance in recommended recipes.
I'm on my 4th knife now, the others have turned out pretty well, but this is the first time I've used 1095. I just finished a medium sized bowie in 5160 and it worked just fine.
My Mentor keeps trying to learn me to use the KISS principle....so of course I keep choosing more challenging designs and different steels. I ground a 7" blade from 3/16 1095, and he has never heat treated 1095 before (or 5160 for that matter but it worked fine). I performed said research and decided to heat to 1500, hold for 5 minutes, and quench in oil.
However it didn't harden that I can tell. One problem, power failed during the runup in the kiln when the blade was at about 975, when it came back on I just started the ramp again and soaked 5 minutes at 1500 and quenched.
All that said, can anyone tell me what went wrong? I don't know if my whole recipe is wrong, if the interrupted HT cycle is to blame, or what? Also, if that is the problem can that blade be salvaged or should I just start over?
Thanks for your help, and sorry for all the questions.
Jason
I'm on my 4th knife now, the others have turned out pretty well, but this is the first time I've used 1095. I just finished a medium sized bowie in 5160 and it worked just fine.
My Mentor keeps trying to learn me to use the KISS principle....so of course I keep choosing more challenging designs and different steels. I ground a 7" blade from 3/16 1095, and he has never heat treated 1095 before (or 5160 for that matter but it worked fine). I performed said research and decided to heat to 1500, hold for 5 minutes, and quench in oil.
However it didn't harden that I can tell. One problem, power failed during the runup in the kiln when the blade was at about 975, when it came back on I just started the ramp again and soaked 5 minutes at 1500 and quenched.
All that said, can anyone tell me what went wrong? I don't know if my whole recipe is wrong, if the interrupted HT cycle is to blame, or what? Also, if that is the problem can that blade be salvaged or should I just start over?
Thanks for your help, and sorry for all the questions.
Jason