What will the heat treat be on the Wakis?

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I have always be very interested by differential heat treating. So I was wondering what will the final Rockwell be on the Wakis?
What will the difference be in the spine and the edge? And if it is ok to ask, How will it be done? With clay, or are there other ways?
 
They do not disclose the specifics of their heat treat.

I would wager it is the same hardness as any other SR101 blade.
 
But for it to be "differential" the spine is a different hardness. Will they talk about that?
 
They've typically disclosed if this blade is thru-hardened or a differential. Easy to see once you make it through the coating! ;)

I don't believe I've ever seen hardness (RC) numbers ever mentioned before. As for the heat treat method, that is a proprietary shop-only piece of information.

Swing Waki, Waki, Waki, SWING!
 
one way to differential heat treat a blade is to take small channel (c) iron heat it to cherry red then "pull" the spine through the jig. this aneasl's the spine without the edge getting over heated, or you could use the clay method. i belive there might be an electric method to this madness.
 
My understanding is the edge will be 58-60, which is the Busse Kin norm. The spine is likely to be in the 40s but that is just a guess. With the warranty these come with I am not very concerned about the absolute specifics, performance is a given.
 
iamtoast said:
My understanding is the edge will be 58-60, which is the Busse Kin norm. The spine is likely to be in the 40s but that is just a guess. With the warranty these come with I am not very concerned about the absolute specifics, performance is a given.
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Oh hek, I am not worried about performance. I know it will.


This is just plain curiosity.
 
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