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With regards to stock removal blades, normalization then, is an unnecessary step prior to austentization/quench. Am I understanding this correctly?

I'm still new to this game and looking to ensure that I will have the results I'm looking for. As I understand the normalizing process, it's an annealing process applied to ferrous metals/alloys heating the steel to 20–50 °C (68-122 oF) above its upper critical point, then soaking it for a short...