Hi, so I’m heat treating my first few 1075 knives. I’ve watched lots of videos on Yotube and I think I’m ready to do it but just checking I’ve got everything right on here. A picture of my charcoal forge https://ibb.co/vQ9L5d8 it’s hooked up to a metal pipe going into a foot pump that is used to blow up air beds.
This is the order Im going to do the heat treating in:
Start fire put charcoal into forge and let it heat up. Place knife into charcoal And let knife get red/orange hot. Take knife out and let normalise on brick. Heat up metal rod and quench in vegetable oil to heat up oil. Put knife back in and let it heat up until it doesn’t stick to a magnet. When at the right temperature quench in oil. Use a file to make sure it’s been heat treated properly. Scrub knife with soap and water. Put knife in oven at 200c/400f for 1 hour take out knife and then redo.
Sand and finish knife
If there are any mistakes please tell me.
This is the order Im going to do the heat treating in:
Start fire put charcoal into forge and let it heat up. Place knife into charcoal And let knife get red/orange hot. Take knife out and let normalise on brick. Heat up metal rod and quench in vegetable oil to heat up oil. Put knife back in and let it heat up until it doesn’t stick to a magnet. When at the right temperature quench in oil. Use a file to make sure it’s been heat treated properly. Scrub knife with soap and water. Put knife in oven at 200c/400f for 1 hour take out knife and then redo.
Sand and finish knife
If there are any mistakes please tell me.
