Heat treat companies...?

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ShawDAMAN

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Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, but...

I recently made my first knife, I used 1095 carbon steel stock and sawed/filed/sanded it down to shape then sent it away for heat treat before putting the final edge and polish on it and some mesquite scales I made. It came out rather well...

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But here's the thing, I'd like to make more, but the person who heat treated it for me did it as an incidental favor and I can't expect him to keep doing it. I need to find a reliable and affordable company (hopefully not too far away so I'm not waiting forever :P I live in New Jersey) to send blades to for heat treating. Does anyone know of any such companies?

As a side point if you would care to recommend a source for 1095 steel stock, I'm sticking with 8" x 1" or 1" and 1/4, 16th of an inch thick or 8th inch thickness or thereabouts. Thanks!!!
 
Aldo Bruno has all the 1095 you will ever need. He is located at njsteelbaron.com

Peter's heat treat will do them, but it will be 25 per blade for up to 4. darrin sanders also does HT, and his prices are pretty reasonable. just search for his name on the forum and you should be able to find his e-mail address.
 
Peters' HT enjoys an excellent reputation, and is the only commercial firm I know of that handles oil-quenched steels like 1095. They are prohibitively expensive if you only want one or two blades done at a time, but the cost per blade drops dramatically when you send in batches of half a dozen or more.
 
ShawDAMAN,

I'm in Hawthorne. If you're near by, stop in. We have all the 1095 your heart can desire and I'm sure I can convince Jason Hoogerhyde(a local friend and maker)to heat treat your blades for you. (Seeing as he uses my oven to do so).

Aldo
 
Thanks everyone for the great advice! :thumbup::thumbup:

And particularly Mr Bruno for your kind offer. Unfortunately I live south of atlantic city but I may well send some business your way on the website. :)

I may have to re-think my steel of choice, I do like 1095 but I did not realize it was so rarely serviced by heat treat companies until just now and I'm sure not paying 25 bucks to do a blade or 2 now and then haha, I'm not really looking to make this a business with large batches of blades, just a hobby maybe with occasional profit. I wonder how workable 440c is.... :confused: seems more companies heat treat air-quenchable steels...
 
Texas Knifemakers supply does heat treating for a reasonable price. Peter's is top notch though. Texas knifemakers just does it as an extra service and I don't think they test the hardness of hte blades, at least they didnt use to.

Nice job BTW on your first knife. Its way better than my first one.
 
panch0 said:
Texas Knifemakers supply does heat treating for a reasonable price. Peter's is top notch though. Texas knifemakers just does it as an extra service and I don't think they test the hardness of hte blades, at least they didnt use to.

Nice job BTW on your first knife. Its way better than my first one.
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Thanks, yes I noticed Texas KM has very reasonable prices, but they don't do oil-quenching steels like 1095 evidently. So maybe changing my steel of choice might be in order :confused:

Thanks for the compliment by the way :) I did do all the work myself and I designed it too (not that it's a particularly original design :P ) but I would be remiss if I didn't say that I had some good advice from a person who's been doing it much longer when it came to the particulars of working the steel and putting it together.
 
Aldo's 1084 is excellent and about the easiest knife steel to ht. From what I've heard is has many of the same properties of 1095. I'm sure you could heat treat it in a small 2-brick forge.

Great 1st knife by the way! :thumbup:
 
That is a very nice first knife. If you prefer oil hardening steels I can/will do them for you. My contact info is in my sigline below. Send me an email and I will give you the prices and details.
 
I would encourage you to try some heat treating yourself, as mentioned a two brick forge, quench medium, some 1084, and you have a fairly inexpensive set up to learn with. As far as companies go i use Peters and BOS.
Greg
 
I would encourage you to try some heat treating yourself, as mentioned a two brick forge, quench medium, some 1084, and you have a fairly inexpensive set up to learn with. As far as companies go i use Peters and BOS.
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This is pretty much all greek to me :o but I appreciate the encouragement. The thing is, I live in a place where neither management nor my housemates would take very kindly to any fire-bearing contraptions and time is an issue for me too. I'd like to try it someday but not just now I don't think...

That is a very nice first knife. If you prefer oil hardening steels I can/will do them for you. My contact info is in my sigline below. Send me an email and I will give you the prices and details.
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Thank you on both counts. E-mail on the way. I might not be doing much more right away but I'm putting some feelers out :)
 
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