Heat treat question !

[Phil864]

Just curious , I have a knife I made from 1084.. I want to shape it , I’ve already heat treated and tempered it. Would I need to heat treat it again ?

 

[dsalazar]

You will get more responses in the makers area. If I remember correctly from class. You can mess up the tempering first. Then heat treat if you get it too hot. You’d want to keep the blade cool. Dunking in water to cool it when it gets warm to the touch.

 

[Phil864]

You will get more responses in the makers area. If I remember correctly from class. You can mess up the tempering first. Then heat treat if you get it too hot. You’d want to keep the blade cool. Dunking in water to cool it when it gets warm to the touch.

Ok. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks a lot

 

[ExtremAddiction]

if you dont overheat it during work you will be fine

 

[Phil864]

Ok. thanks

if you dont overheat it during work you will be fine

 

[David Martin]

Phil, you can do some shaping on it and dunk it often in cold water. Hopefully, you don't need to do a lot of grinding on the thick
parts of the knife. DM