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Hey guys. This is my first non intro post. I am a knife maker from northern Michigan. I do stock removal. I want to find out what everyone's recipe for heat treat on 1084 is. I use aldos 1084. Please include normalizing and Thermo cycles and temper. thanks guys. Jon I normally do...

I second the torch method. It's a lot easier than it looks. If nervous about tempering the edge hold a wet towel on the edge when you heat and bend. Don't burn yourself lol

I second this. I've learned the hard way. I heat treated aldos 52100 without normalizing when I started. 53 HRC. No good. After normalized it was 61. Warnings are there for a reason right? Haha

Thank you friend. Here's another pic

Hey guys Jon here. I'm from the Petoskey area in northern Michigan. I have been making knives for about a year now. Been a great journey. If it weren't for Tim zowada I would be in trouble. I have a 2x72 and an even heat kiln so I'm very lucky to be where I am. I have so much to learn and am...