Ernie Swanson
SASSY PINK LUUNCHBOX KNIFE MAKER
As most of you know i was planning on a ht oven build, Well right now it is out of my budget so I am going to do the 2 brick propane oven.
I have a few questions on treating 1095 and 1084, and the whole process!!
I have done alot of reading in the last few weeks about treating these two steels.
Can anyone give me a good process to doing these two steels?
so far I have gotten this
Normalise 3 times, bring to nonmagnetic(for 1095 hold for about 2 minutes)
quench, and temper 2 to 3 times at 400.
So To begin with the questions..............
Can anyone explain the normalizing process? I do not know how to do it!!
Is the McMaster-carr 11 second quench good for both 1095 and 1084?
Do I get the whole knife to nonmagnetic, Or just the blade?
Do I do anything to the knife to make the whole thing less hard than the blade?
I seen one tutorial on O1 that the guy did the whole process then put the edge in water and took a propane torch and heated up the handle and the spine above the edge.
I would like to try hamon lines, can this be done with just getting some satanite and using the 2 brick forge?
As far as testing the blades, I can do the brass rod test and do a bend to 90 degrees test, what do I want to see to have a good treated blade?
Is there anyone that does Rockwell testing?
I am sorry for all the questions but I am just trying to get this right.
I know I will have to experiment a little.
I have a few questions on treating 1095 and 1084, and the whole process!!
I have done alot of reading in the last few weeks about treating these two steels.
Can anyone give me a good process to doing these two steels?
so far I have gotten this
Normalise 3 times, bring to nonmagnetic(for 1095 hold for about 2 minutes)
quench, and temper 2 to 3 times at 400.
So To begin with the questions..............
Can anyone explain the normalizing process? I do not know how to do it!!
Is the McMaster-carr 11 second quench good for both 1095 and 1084?
Do I get the whole knife to nonmagnetic, Or just the blade?
Do I do anything to the knife to make the whole thing less hard than the blade?
I seen one tutorial on O1 that the guy did the whole process then put the edge in water and took a propane torch and heated up the handle and the spine above the edge.
I would like to try hamon lines, can this be done with just getting some satanite and using the 2 brick forge?
As far as testing the blades, I can do the brass rod test and do a bend to 90 degrees test, what do I want to see to have a good treated blade?
Is there anyone that does Rockwell testing?
I am sorry for all the questions but I am just trying to get this right.
I know I will have to experiment a little.