SHOKR
Well-Known Member
I have few questions about heat treatment
I know almost nothing about it really and here (in Egypt) I found K110 steel, the equivalent of D2 I believe, the heat treatment guy says:
1 I’ll have to buy the steel ‘thicker’ than what I originally need and remove the outer (deformed)layer, is that correct? Because I found if I buy thickness of 10mm and width of 60mm I’ll end up with like 7.6mm by 54mm
2 after heat treatment the blade (or any steel in the form of a bar for that matter) will be bent or curved a bit, and the to minimize that I have to either have 2 holes at the tips of the steel for heat treatment for hanging (which is not practical for knife making of course) or only heat treat the edge with small part of the handle. is that how its done? Or the entire blade?
I know that most of the grinding is done before HT and the rest is done after, why is that?
The whole process is kind of a blur so really any info would help me understand, things aren’t that easy here, I even looked a lot for carbon steel and found only one that supplies steel twice the thickness I would ever need :S
another question about the steel
which of these 3 would be better for starting knowing i'll be using stock removal method and will be sending the blades to be heat treated
many thanks
I know almost nothing about it really and here (in Egypt) I found K110 steel, the equivalent of D2 I believe, the heat treatment guy says:
1 I’ll have to buy the steel ‘thicker’ than what I originally need and remove the outer (deformed)layer, is that correct? Because I found if I buy thickness of 10mm and width of 60mm I’ll end up with like 7.6mm by 54mm
2 after heat treatment the blade (or any steel in the form of a bar for that matter) will be bent or curved a bit, and the to minimize that I have to either have 2 holes at the tips of the steel for heat treatment for hanging (which is not practical for knife making of course) or only heat treat the edge with small part of the handle. is that how its done? Or the entire blade?
I know that most of the grinding is done before HT and the rest is done after, why is that?
The whole process is kind of a blur so really any info would help me understand, things aren’t that easy here, I even looked a lot for carbon steel and found only one that supplies steel twice the thickness I would ever need :S
another question about the steel
which of these 3 would be better for starting knowing i'll be using stock removal method and will be sending the blades to be heat treated
many thanks