My first oil quench

Atlas Knife Company

Atlas Knife Company

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My first oil quench, using Dave Larsen's Kiln and awesome quench tank with pump and heater. The blade is 9.5" of 1075 that RichardJ sent me. ACtual record date was 9-13-10 at 7:15pm. I can't get the date to stick in the camera.

The video camera is perhaps the neatest part, they are sunglasses with a video camera between the lenses. Pop the lenses out and you have a nice head mounted video camera that looks wherever you do. I should mention that Dave was manning the DVR glasses. Also, let me introduce my sons, Graham and Atlas.

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Looking good Charles, did you get that bad boy tempered in time? Bet you stayed up late with it didn't you? :)
 
Ah, my toaster oven has a 90 minute timer on it, so I was only up until about 11:30. I let it cool for about 30 minutes between tempers. A file skates nicely off the edges and tang. Since the flat isn't hardened, could I stamp it? Or will I have to etch? Oh, and I think it does have ever so slight of a hamon down the middle.
 
Etch and rub to bring out the hamon, others here know more about that than I do. :) You can try stamping the blade, but etching is a more certain endeavor. You really do need to start marking your stuff... Not to be a nag or anything. Looking forward to seeing the handle on this one!
 
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