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Does heat treating steel always make it change color? I'm curious what kind of heat treatments there are and if there are some treatments that don't change the color of the steel.
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Heat Treatment Question
- Thread starter Nathan Dewey
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Every HT I've seen has altered the blade color- oil, salt pot, plate quench with foil...