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So, I am making my first real sword after spending most of my time on chefs knives and similar blades. Its a test version before i do one for my cousin so i can get used to working and hardening a lobger blade.
It is going very well so far, forged from 5160, heat treated in my kiln, the only thing that is am not sure about though is the temper. I havr always heard to twmper swords softwr than most typical knives, which makes sense, but based on the tempering charts I have found for 5160 the peak toughness seems to be around 400 for the tested values. I know tempered martinsite brittlement is an issue between I think 450-600ish? But I couldnt find actual data on that.
So my question is, assuming the rest of the heat treat is correct, would the 400 degree temper be ok, or is there another temperature people more experienced in this than me would recomend?
It is about a 21in blade in a sabre shape.
Thank you for any input!
It is going very well so far, forged from 5160, heat treated in my kiln, the only thing that is am not sure about though is the temper. I havr always heard to twmper swords softwr than most typical knives, which makes sense, but based on the tempering charts I have found for 5160 the peak toughness seems to be around 400 for the tested values. I know tempered martinsite brittlement is an issue between I think 450-600ish? But I couldnt find actual data on that.
So my question is, assuming the rest of the heat treat is correct, would the 400 degree temper be ok, or is there another temperature people more experienced in this than me would recomend?
It is about a 21in blade in a sabre shape.
Thank you for any input!