heat treating for s35vn

[manassas dragon]

i'm trying to make kitchen knives for my daughters out of s35vn and need reccommendation
as to where to send for heat treating.i've used both peter's heat treating and bos -both very satisfactorily. which is better for s35vn or is someone else reccommended? also how hard for a kitchen knife?

thanks as always

 

[thegeek574]

I hear that Bos is the master of stainless, but peters gets it right every time, and so i don't think you can go wrong either way.

 

[melsdad]

If I were to send a knife out, for heat treat Peter's would get my business. I send heat treat to them from work, and have never had a problem in all the years they have done work for us.

 

[Tait]

For hardness of kitchen knife, I think it depends a little on usage.

If it's a cleaver, it probably needs more toughness; a paring knife probably needs better hardness for edge holding.

I'd probably shoot for 60-61.

(Actually, in the two S35VN paring knives I've made so far, I hit 58-59 with only dry ice for cryo. Not quite as high as I was hoping for, but the knives work very well.)