Sword length heat treater

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kuraki

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Before I embark on a couple sword and sword like projects I'm wondering if you all can recommend where to outsource the heat treat?

I'll need likely 36" OAL capability for 1095 and 3V. I know some of the various options available, Peters, Bos, Trugrit, but I don't know their size capacity.
 
Peters is like 25" for low temp carbon. Then high temp stuff is much longer. But the trick is finding someone willing totavkle a sword.
 
Yeah. I am assuming someone does it because I can't believe all the swords made are being done by the makers. I just don't have the room right now to build something that long to do it myself. And I don't anticipate doing it often enough to warrant it anyway.

Maybe I'll have to give up on the high carbon idea and just go high temp? I assume the delineating factor for capacity is the quench process.
 
I use a 48" piece of 4" pipe welded to a 24" disk of steel. It holds 10 gallons of oil. It is best to make a little step platform to raise you 24" when quenching. Always try the quench as a practice run with a bar of steel the length of the sword several times before you do the actual HT. I can't tell you how many times I have heard or read that a person made a sword, heated it to 1500F, and discovered the shop ceiling was too low to get the blade in the sword tank. Because of the smoke and flare up, it is far best to do sword quenches outside and at night. This also allows a better view of the evenness of the blade heating.
 
I have the same type of quench tank. Big chunk of drill pipe filled with canola.
If you cut some length off of the sword I could do it; My oven is 31.5" long inside. But I dont have long enough quench plates. And a long chunk of 1095 would make me nervous.
 
Bos has done 2 for me of A-2 and D-2 at 32 " long , I do think 36" is his max . for the air hardening steels
 
Thanks guys.

Depending on what I can find for price I think I'm set on doing everything from S7, and if I can't get it cheaper than 3V through work, I'll just go with 3V and forgo the oil hardening stuff.
 
I don't know where you're at in Wisconsin kuraki but with the show coming up in Janesville at the end of March. Howard Clark is usually there and I'm sure he's
making swords longer than that. Albion sword is usually there too----- even if just walking around.
Ken.
 
It's a bit of a hike for me but thank you for the heads up Ken.
 
Thanks! I think I'm going with them. I found some S7 for less than comparable 3V so I ordered 4 bars today.
 
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