Heat treated material?

[COREY R]

Hello everyone, I am a new knife maker and new to the forum. I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I have a client that wants a knife made out of 440c stainless. Can you buy this material or any other material pre heat treaded?

 

[The Aflac Duck]

How will you grind it without ruining the heat treat?

 

[Navin_R_Johnson]

Grinding after hardening is common on folding knives to prevent warping but, you'll need a belt grinder with variable speed.

There are plenty of heat treat services for knife makes if you do a Google search so you can work your 440 in annealed state and send out after. Paul Bos from Buck knives is a popular choice and does a good job from what I hear.

 

[RevDevil]

Off to Shop talk, GKD is for discussing finished knives, not knife making. We have a separate section for that.