Hi so I am making my own kitchen knife out of 1095 steel, and have a couple questions regarding heat treatment.
This is my first time heat treating myself, but I do have access to this forge http://www.piehtoolco.com/contents/media/nclb-oelowboy75e.gif . I practiced on it earlier with some 1095 scrap pieces. I was suprised at how fast the metal got hot, but I took it too non-magnetic, then tried to hold it at that temperature but I think I took it past. The tip got the hottest, and started to flake/lose scale. Is that bad? Finally, I quenched it in vegetable oil, and noticed the part that was losing scale had spots, whereas further in (where it got less hot) was all black.
So, basically my questions are:
1: What's the best method to hold a knife at temperature with this kind of forge?
2: After I quench the blade am I looking for the even black coat, or the "spotting"
Thanks!
This is my first time heat treating myself, but I do have access to this forge http://www.piehtoolco.com/contents/media/nclb-oelowboy75e.gif . I practiced on it earlier with some 1095 scrap pieces. I was suprised at how fast the metal got hot, but I took it too non-magnetic, then tried to hold it at that temperature but I think I took it past. The tip got the hottest, and started to flake/lose scale. Is that bad? Finally, I quenched it in vegetable oil, and noticed the part that was losing scale had spots, whereas further in (where it got less hot) was all black.
So, basically my questions are:
1: What's the best method to hold a knife at temperature with this kind of forge?
2: After I quench the blade am I looking for the even black coat, or the "spotting"
Thanks!