1084/HRC ? Short sword

[mrjet1982]

Hello all, I have a question about the hardness of a short sword made from 1084-.250 stock

It has and 18" blade about 2"tall with a distal taper at the last 6"
I heat treated it by color and magnet as I've read and then temper at 450 for 2 hours
So it should be around 58-58 but I can bearly cut it with a mill basterd file .
I would like to know if you guys think I should take it up to 500 and re temper it or will it be tough enough as is ? It will be used for heavy brush clearing and chopping
I plan on taking it to .030 behind the edge also

Thanks !

 

[DEllis]

If it's a single edge(which I assume it is) I'd draw the spine back to blue with a torch and leave the edge as is.......1084 is pretty tough stuff.
And post a picture of it........WE LIKE PICTURES!

Darcy

 

[mrjet1982]

I have pics of it in sword discussion . Check it out ! ;-) I'm going to do a YouTube video maybe today and post it ...

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I don't see any pictures in the sword forum? How about posting one here.

Rc 54-56 would be battle tough, if used reasonably, Darcy's suggestion is what I would do.

 

[DEllis]

Found it in the other forum.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1247414-New-Wasteland-shortsword-WIP-1084
Looks like a winner.......nice lines. :thumbup:

 

[mrjet1982]

It's under "wasteland short sword "

 

[mrjet1982]

Found it in the other forum.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1247414-New-Wasteland-shortsword-WIP-1084
Looks like a winner.......nice lines. :thumbup:

Thanks !

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Got it.

I was looking at your thread on "1084 HT, short sword".