Blade not hardening

[Nick-D]

I use a Hell's Forge propane forge; I know, not the best option, bit I didn't do enough research before I bought one.

Still, I've successfully heat treated 7 knives with it, and my more recent ones hold a pretty good edge and are quite tough.

When problem solving, easiest way is to isolate 1 variable at a time. I'd just give it another austenitizing round and make sure the oil is in correct temp range for quench

 

[Jak Epp]

I see you are from Nebraska J Jak Epp

In case you didn't know and aren't too far away there is a forging expo/competition happening in North Platte in October. Should be some good fun and learning to do there. I will likely be checking it out myself.

Cool! I didn't know about that; I'll have to check that out.