lines or cracks after heat treat?

Dan sent me 2 pieces of the blade. I can tell you that the blades were definitely overheated. The grain structure was about as large as I have ever seen. They were dead soft and were very easy to cut with a file. The scale on the outside was some sort of anti scale compound. It came off easily and had protected the surface of the steel somewhat. I can only speculate as to what happened at the heat treaters. If Dan would like to expound a bit on his experience with them I will acquiesce to him. I do know he was supposed to get his money back for the services.

I heat treated 2 blades he sent me and they turned out great. So since they were from the same bars of stock they were 1095. I think things came out fine in the end. He is just out 4 blades, material and time.
 
Wow... It looks like they gave 1095 a stainless heat treating run. That ain't right. Perhaps it got mislabeled(on their end), when it was received.
 
Well, I bet many of us have done it on direction or the other. I know I have done a CPM-154 blade as 1095 by accident. Luckily, that didn't ruin anything.
 
I have had TruGrit do heat treating for me as well and the blades have come out wonderful.

I would hope Danny would post as to what happened. I saw those blades myself at TruGrit and they where as confused as the rest of us and was trying to figure out exactly what happened.

They are very nice people there and very helpful
 
I think it is too big of a mistake to say it was the result of poor heat treat. Grain growth, excessive decarb, softness, etc... are what you expect from poor quality, NOT damage of this magnitude. Something definitely went wrong and I don't think it reflects the norm for TruGrit. They seem to have a good reputation, I trust it will be taken care of.
 
All talk about occlusions and contamination aside, that thing looks like it was, as the old Cheetos commercial used to say, quick fried to a crackly crunch.
 
In any industrial setting things happen.
Batches get mixed, programs get punched in in C instead of F, controllers go bad or stick, etc. Over the years I have had rings melt in the oven while being supposedly held at 200F to cure enamel ( controller shorted open), and a casting run that went to 2100F ( oven max) instead of 1350F because I accidentally entered 9999 as the temperature not the rate.
I had a large batch of wood at a stabilizer get charred by their oven going too high ( reason unknown)......so yes, stuff happens.

What I hate is when someone tries to blame an accident on their part on you or your item. Accidents happen, and good businessmen own up too it and do what they can to make it right.

Best story;
I had my wifes car in Firestone years ago. It needed a tune-up. I picked it up and paid for the work, and on the way out of the shopping center pulled in to fill her tank with gas. I popped the hood to check everything out ( women don't ever do that), and noticed that the engine was spotlessly clean. A closer look showed new hoses, wires, alternator, battery, and other parts ?????? I went right back and asked what was up. They checked with the mechanic and came back and said he had cleaned up the engine for me....No Charge. I told them I regularly worked on cars, and knew a new hose with a label still on it from a cleaned hose. They looked foolish and told me that there were two identical Ford Escorts in the shop at the same time. They accidentally had done the complete electrical system replacement on the wrong one. I said, thanks and left :)

I never went back to Firestone either. They were notorious for telling customers, especially women, they needed all the belts, hoses, and electrical system replaced when all that was needed was a new voltage regulator or something minor. A $200 job often cost $1800. They got caught a lot of times by the TV crews doing expose' shows.
 
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