Heat treat Process

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saylorbrand

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I am a huge crk fan. The sebenza and Nyala are my edc blades. Little else gets a chance. I've had my sebenza for around 8 years. Never had a problem from the s30v, and it has been through the manual labor ringer. The s35vn Nyala is now with me all the time. For a year+ I've carried it replacing the sebenza as my work knife. All this said, I was wondering about the heat treat/ quench process crk uses. I know he runs it a bit softer than Spartan does. I know how they do theirs, and it is wonderful. I use them in the field/camp craft. Their s30v is awesome. Bar none favorite 2 companies, just won't to know more about them.


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Good question. I imagine that Crucible does the hardening of the steel. I did a quick search for videos. But no luck.
 
I'm sure crucible doesn't do it for them. I would think that crk does all there own heat treats. Do they cryo-quench anywhere close to what Spartan does?


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I recall someone saying the heat treat is done offsite, perhaps by a service provider. I think it's mentioned in the BHQ video that the blades "come back from heat treat" and that was at some point defined on this forum, but I can't remember where or what thread.

I also think we need to move on from referencing "he" or "him" when we discuss CRK. My understanding is Chris Reeve is retired, so it's really a company of people we are talking about, that makes hundreds of knives a day, not Chris sitting over an annealing furnace or something. Not to nit-pick, but clearly it is no longer the choices and efforts of just one guy making CRK what it is. If there is accolades or blame, they need to be spread a little wider.
 
Did not know he was retired. If he isn't retired I would think that he still has say so on how things are done. And kudos to all the people that do work there, continuing to produce quality knives.


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Aceco in Boise does their heat treating.

FYI since mid 2013 they have been running the folders a little harder (59-60).
 
As per the CRK home page
"2015 also saw the withdrawal of Chris from daily operations into semi-retirement; he continues to contribute to design and consulting."
 
Still off topic, but does anyone know who is running the daily operations-just curious as to who it might be.
I think Chris will be designing until they put him under(hopefully a long time from now), it is what he does.
 
Chris' son and Anne are running the place I believe. Yeah, this should have is own thread.
 
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