Can you guys point me in the right direction on a handle for this humongous axe?

vanwag44 said:
SC, this is the video that made me think of it, it says 292 degrees for 30 minutes. I'm still researching it as the head is not done yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX6E_K_DMxg
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Gotcha...I'm not an expert, so i can't say one way or the other if that temperature will affect the hardened bit. Hopefully someone who knows more can chime in to say if that's safe or not. My guess is that's too low to negatively affect the heat treat on the axe, but I'm not sure.
 
But why risk damaging the heat treatment? it looks great as it is now and theres is 0% chance of messing it up by just leaving it as it is and coating it with oil or a protective film applied at room temperature compared with the unknown % chance of messing it up if you misjudge the temperature or if the appliance temperature is not what it says it is... of course the choice is yours but why risk your great looking axe to add a chemical coating on it that will not even look like it belong there? I dont get it.
 
Isn't it like 350-400F before you start seeing color in the steel? Where tempering takes place. And isn't that the "harder" end of the spectrum .... so to speak. As opposed to blue.
 
cityofthesouth said:
Isn't it like 350-400F before you start seeing color in the steel? Where tempering takes place. And isn't that the "harder" end of the spectrum .... so to speak. As opposed to blue.
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Yes. Axes are tempered at around 500 degrees. No risk at all at 300 or 400.
 
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