i am new to blade making and in the process of finishing my first blade. The forging was a little slow, but i'm very happy with my results. Ended up doing two quenches. The first was not as hard as i hoped but the second was good and the file skated good. I tempered in a toaster oven (my wife would have killed me if i used our oven) @ 400-425 for two hours and two cycles. The blade doesn't seem as hard as it was before the temper. I am just unsure if i lost to much of the hardness during that process. Any wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
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- Thread starter Aaron k.
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Welcome to Bladeforums, Aaron. You will get better info if you post your knife making questions in the "Shop Talk" section of the forum. Here is a link to it.
https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/shop-talk-bladesmith-questions-and-answers.741/
Just a heads up, read the sticky threads before you post a question. There is a a lot of good info in the sticky threads ( The the threads highlighted in yellow at the top of the page.
Best of luck in your knife making adventures.