re hardening 1095 and 52100

[elementfe]

I was doing a small run of 1095 and 52100 chef's knives yesterday and managed to burn spots on the edge of one of each while trying a slightly different post-HT grinding approach.
My thinking is that since the grain is already very fine due to previous cycling, I'll be safe simply redoing the soak and quench....am I missing something?

For some reason my Google mojo is off today, I'm sure the answer is out there somewhere, but I'm not seeing it....
Thanks for any ideas!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

You are good to go.

 

[elementfe]

Thank you, Stacy!

 

[stezann]

Since the blades are martensite now, i would not spend too much time in soaking; the carbon should be very ready to go into solution.


Stefano

 

[J. Hoffman]

I'm assuming it will also need tempering also....correct?

 

[mete]

Yes --never have untempered martensite !!