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Sword heat treating

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Jason Fry

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I took an order for a couple of swords, that then turned into an order for eight. They’re more of a hunting sword length, 22 inch blades or so, going to be 28ish overall, with fairly simple D guards.

I did not really have the forge set up to heat treat such a long blade, so I built an extension to go on top of my regular Forge. Spiral duct with 2” kaowool with a coat of satanite. By not increasing my burner capacity, the whole entire system gets fairly evenly heated at about the range I want for hardening.

Here’s a video of one of the quenches. I did nine yesterday.

Sword heat treating
 
E961F99E-D278-4032-B224-D2D47C9F4AC3.jpegHere’s the first one roughed together. Still lack at least a half a day of finish work.
 
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