Heat treating one brick forge

[Marco Hartland]

Hello, Marco here

I am a novice/beginner to knife making.
i ''kind of'' know the basics about stock removal but i cant heat treat yet :/
my plan is to make a one brick forge with a burner.
it says my burner can produce 1300 °C, i can only get my hands on C75 and O2.
would 1300°C be enough to heat treat C75?

Are there any important things i should know or just tips, please let me know.
thank you

 

[Lieblad]

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[Atlas Knife Company]

Your torch gets a spot about 1/4" diameter up to 1300°, not the whole chamber. In my experience, a mid-level bladesmith could effectively HT in a one brick forge, an instructed beginner will be able to in a two brick forge. A beginner won't work the blade in and out enough to get a decent HT in a one brick forge. Two bricks will give a much better chamber, but your torch is the most important part of the forge. A cheap pencil tip torch will NOT work. If you only have access to a plumbers torch, either use a JTH7 or MT245C. You will find that if you want to HT regularly that $60 for a burner and regulator is money well spent.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Do yourself a favor and save time and money ... don't build a 1BF. Build a small regular forge. It will do more and last longer. A 12" long forge will work well for a starting forge.
Charles at Atlas Forge sells a very good burner that is ready to use. It comes with the regulator, hose, and burner. All you need is to make a simple forge.