Titanium Pocket Clips

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GerryRandall

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For those of you who make their own pocket clips for folders. Do you heat treat your titanium? If so would you mind giving me your recipe? I am using 6al4v. I have tested ones that I have bought and they test around 33-34 HRC. The raw material I am trying to use test around 15 HRC.
Any help and info would be appreciated.
 
I have only made one 6AL4V clip. Untested hardness. It was plenty springy for my taste. I heated it to red hot in order to bend it, then air cooled.

If I'm reading things right (someone else check me):
6AL4V in an annealed state is about 33 HRC (source: https://www.onlinemetals.com/en/product-guide/alloy/6AL-4V)
If your material is 15HRC? That seems softer than annealed Titanium, which seems very unusual.

That said, I didn't perform any additional heat treat on my 6AL4V before using it as a clip. It's possible that the final stages of bending caused some work hardening.
 
you are most likely NOT using 6AL4V titanium..
CP grade2 is soft like aluminum and takes a set when bent..
 
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