RC test and hardening

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How would I go about locating a shop that can do these tests/services?

Are different shops better at different alloys? Some of the stuff I read states that the temp for soak must be within 10 degrees of a specific to achieve a given RC number. Seems unlikely that a shop with furnaces would be willing to devote a furnace to my part steel and to achieve my spec. Doesn't seem possible at a reasonable cost.

Cold Steel V and D2 tool steel are whatI am looking at.

Thanks,

John
 
Paul Bos ,Peters HT in PA , and Texas Knife are three knowledgeble HTers for the more complex knife steels. Are you making knifes or are you just re-heat treating knives you already have ? And if so why ?
 
Paul Boss won't HT certain alloys, or not to their max RC. He is citing CA regulations, at least was.

Pill Wilson does rehardening of individual knives, he did several for me. Cotdt here does it as well.
 
Mete,

I bought a blade made of D2. It is soft and they said it was RC13. It is tool steel and needs to be heat treated after I get it sharp, drilled etc.

The second blade is Steel V and I am not sure if it is heat treated and if it is to what RC.

So one I need heat treating and the other I may need HT but Idefinitely need tested.

Thanks for your reply and I hope you have suggestions. Hope to find some shop near Portland, Or but mail is no challenge.

Thanks to you all,

John
 
No way that D2 is 13RC, you wouldn't even be able to sharpen it. The blade would ripple and loose chunks of metal if you tried to cut anything harder than butter...
 
I am green as a go sign. That is what the ad said and it followed that with a statement that when hardened you would not be able to shape the blade. D 2 can go to the high 60's I have read. More lies probably but it is a tool steel and should get pretty hard.

What is theHC untreated? and what can I exoect it to harden to?Thanks,

John
 
Dozier's D2 is typically at 60+.

Not a lie.

Who's been lying to you? (Other than knuckleheads on YouTube.)
 
D2 can go to 63-64HRC, for light cutters. Yoshikane kitchen knives are D2, or SKD11 and they're quite popular ;)
I figure that'd be a little high for a bushcraft knife, but 60-62 shouldn't be a problem.
 
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