Tru-Grit Heat Treating

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Bob Duguay

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Any body have experience with them?
Would like to use JT but he is closed till after West Blade. Don’t want to wait that long.
Thanks.
 
I had a couple 3v blades done by them before I had LN. They turned out well.
 
I’ve used before with good results and have 12 blades I’m just waiting to ship back...recommended...
 
Jeff Mutz the knifemaker who runs the shop at tru grit has been making knives for over 17 years.

He has a nice set up for heat treat and technique to keep your blades straight.

He has done my blades for 7 years and does a lot of heat treating for many makers and companies.
 
Jeff is good but the blades aren't as straight as peters gets them.
 
I have had just as good of heat treat from Tru-Grit as I have had from Peters, and in the small batches I do, it saves me quite a bit on cost.
 
I have heard a lot of good things about Pete’s but 32.00 a knife is a bit high for me right now. Although I do want them to come back straight. I have my first 5 knives in 80crv2 ready. At lest I think they are lol.
I will give Tru Grit a call.
Thanks
 
I have got some nitrov back from tru grit. they are excellent but also were not as straight as peters gets them. If you plan to do a bunch of your grinding post heat treat, that shouldnt matter.
 
Well I am not sure what a bunch is but I know my blade edge is not real thin. These are my first knives so I wanted to leave room to fix mistakes. Edges are around 40 thousand I guess. But then I guess that leaves more work and a better chance of burning the edge.
 
Bob Duguay said:
Well I am not sure what a bunch is but I know my blade edge is not real thin. These are my first knives so I wanted to leave room to fix mistakes. Edges are around 40 thousand I guess. But then I guess that leaves more work and a better chance of burning the edge.
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I used tru-grit for a couple of years and never had an issue. Always good work. They were just too slow for me so I tried Peters. TG is usually fine, but around the big blade shows they get backed up. At least that was the way it was a year ago.

Use a spray bottle and keep your belt wet. you won't have to worry about burning them unless you get careless, and you don't have to dip the blade much if at all. I just spray the belt and blade and go. I just got a cool mist but need to hook it up. Can't wait to try it out though. :)
 
Keep in mind that at Peters they use a torch on the back of your blade to do the straightening.

So that is something to consider when choosing your heat treater
 
AVigil said:
Keep in mind that at Peters they use a torch on the back of your blade to do the straightening.

So that is something to consider when choosing your heat treater
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Eek, I wouldn’t like that at all.

I’ve had a batch or two done by trugrit and most of them were okay. All were great. I’d use trugrit/Jeff Mutz heat treating service with confidence.
 
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Larrin said:
Did you specify a hardness?
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Just retested it. I wanted to be sure being that it’s about another makers reputation. It tested at 57hrc which isn’t bad at all for a chopper. I tested back when I first got my hardness tester and probably didn’t test it right. Therefore I retract my original comment. If you could also amend your comment to remove the quoted section of my comment so no one reads it and gets the wrong impression about Jeff. Sorry for my inaccurate review.
 
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