Handmade Large Survivalist Knife

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carbon steel:thumbup::thumbup: what kind of carbon steel?

what do you heat with, ?

normalizing is always good, i usually do it before i anneal. and sometimes after gringing.

andrew takach
 
what color is the steel when you quench it in the brine? does your smoker grill get hot enough to reach the proper temperature?
 
Not to sound like an ass but does Gil Hibben know you're making and selling "Handmade Replica Rambo IV Knife/Machete"???
 
The temp needed to harden steel, well that depends on the type of steel. What do you mean by flat medium carbon steel?? I would assume that you are referring to something like 5160 or 1060. For most steels the hardening temp(not the technical name) is between 1450- 1650 degrees. After reaching the proper temp the steel is allowed to "soak at this temp to get the carbon into solution. It is then quenched in the proper medium, which for most carbon steels is 130 degree oil.(there are dedicated quenching oils for different types of steel) This is called "hardening" you would then temper the steel to reduce it's hardness to an acceptable level. To temper the steel the blade is heated to 325-400(depending on how hard you want the blade to be) for 2 one hour cycles. Normalizing is the process of heating steel to it's critical temp and allow it to air cool in order to refine grain and reduce stresses in the steel and is done prior to hardening. There is a lot of info on this forum about this..read this http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452465
 
Not to sound like an ass but does Gil Hibben know you're making and selling "Handmade Replica Rambo IV Knife/Machete"???
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The claim to be a "Replica Rambo IV knife" -is a trademark infringement, but the design itself is a basic pattern "chopper" used throughout all of SE Asia for probably as old as iron has been used in knives.
 
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