First timer here, would like some advice.

HSC /// said:
I believe jürgen schanz will be much less costly for you for a HT in the EU
or ask @Scaniaman
if you run out of options, I'm in France and I will do it for you, you pay for the shipping back and forth.

aluminum quench plates you can get form ebay coming from Poland, that's where I got mine.

btw in my past, I worked 12 yrs at a investment foundry,
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That's very generous of you! It'll be a while before I'm done with the experimentation and such. At least until after the new year since the oven suitable for the stainless I've got will be closed for maintenance for two weeks. So I'm giving the 1075 a go within the next two weeks or so. If things don't work out, I'll order different steels and shape these then ask around again for help with the HT.
 
weo said:
If you don't hear back in a couple days, I'll suggest dropping by with a note or the post office. Not sure how old the smiths are that you're talking about, but in my experience, many smiths over 40 are not as "plugged in" as youngsters, and often don't even open e-mails from random folks and your note might have gone directly to their spam folder. It might not hurt to have a six-pack of beer with you when you drop by....
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So far I've gotten two replies, one is a no because she doesn't do this kind of thing, the other was busy until February and asked me to come again around that time. One of them pointed me to a guy who lives 10 mins from here, but I have yet to receive a reply to my email. I might give him a call tomorrow and see if he's available, the guy runs his own website and is around my age (36) so I think he knows his way around a smartphone and Gmail. :P
 
I've managed to find a guy who will do the HT for me thanks to Scaniaman. After some research at work the only blade I could possibly do would be the x50 one. The 1075 and upcoming RWL34 will be sent off after shaping and such. Thanks for the help!
 
You could do something like d2. Or 10v even. I didnt convert all of the temps to Fahrenheit for my american brain. But im assuming within that ranges there are a good few high alloy steels you could do.

Aebl, potentially.
 
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