Does Texas Knifemaker's Supply Treat CPM154?

redsquid2

redsquid2

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Yeah, I know. The obvious place to inquire would be Texas Knifemakers' Supply. I inquired by voicemail message, and got no reply. So I called during business hours, and a woman whose name escapes me, answered the phone. I said, "Do you guys heat treat CPM 154?" and she replied, "No, we don't do that."

Then I was googling around and I am pretty sure I saw a post here on Blade Forums, by somebody who had sent their CPM154 to Texas Knifemakers' for heat treatment.

Anybody have any recent experience with this?

Thanks.

Andy/squid
 
watercrawl said:
The would be odd seeing as how they heat treat other CPM steels as well as 154CM:

http://www.texasknife.com/vcom/projects/cryoform.htm

Why they wouldn't heat treat CPM 154 would baffle me. But, stranger things have happened.
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Another piece of the puzzle: I did not see CPM 154 listed on their heat treat and cryo form.

Then again, maybe the person who picked up the phone that day was clueless and/or overworked. I am going to call back today and maybe I will get a different answer.
 
I had them HT CPM154 a few months ago. Mark it on the order form as 154cm, since they are the same alloy.

- Chris
 
Hesparus said:
I had them HT CPM154 a few months ago. Mark it on the order form as 154cm, since they are the same alloy.

- Chris
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Hesparus, did you indicate somewhere that it was CPM154? Would the two metals be heat treated exactly the same?

Thanks, and thanks to everybody for your responses.

Andy/Squid
 
I was told here that the HT procedure for 154cm and CPM154 are the same, so I just told them it was 154cm.

- Chris
 
Ive had them h.t. my 154cm several times.Sometimes the customer service there is questionable.
 
They do it. I am sure the lady was just unsure of what you were asking.

The HT for ATS-34, 154CM, and CPM-154 are all identical, as they are all the same steel type. Most other normal knife stainless steels (440, S35V, AEBL) are pretty much the same, too.
 
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