I've only made a few knives and those with just the basic garage tools and limited knowledge of steels and HT.
The first 2 that I made were from a file. I just cut it to length and then ground it to shape. After doing a little more reading I found that the file would be brittle and prone to breaking. I read that it should be tempered in a oven at 400 degrees for 2 one hour heating and cooling cycles. I did that and then finished the knife.
The question I have is that OK or should a knife like that be HT also? The way it is it doesn't matter much for those 2 knives but I have more files
The first 2 that I made were from a file. I just cut it to length and then ground it to shape. After doing a little more reading I found that the file would be brittle and prone to breaking. I read that it should be tempered in a oven at 400 degrees for 2 one hour heating and cooling cycles. I did that and then finished the knife.
The question I have is that OK or should a knife like that be HT also? The way it is it doesn't matter much for those 2 knives but I have more files