What's ESEE's tempering / heat treating process?

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I assume its the same for pretty much all of ESEE's blades (save the HEST Folder's D2 steel), but I couldn't find anything with a search to these forums or ESEE's site.

Just curious is all - if this is a secret company recipe, then cool, but I've been curious as to the various knife-makers' choices of steel and how heat-treating and tempering are actually often as important as the choice of steel in the first place.

And I've heard folks talk about how ESEE's 1095 steel is actually harder and holds an edge longer than other knives made of 1095.
 
I can only assume that many of the processes are secret...but I really do not know anything for sure.

The last thing I would want to do as a maker is open my methods up for questioning, criticism and copy by others (competitors) that have no interest in my success. If the results speak for themselves, why bother showing off the processes leading to it? Sort of like hot dogs...just enjoy them...don't hassle the butcher about what spices he uses;)

Then again, I am not ESEE/Rowen so if they do explain the process, I would be interested in knowing more. It is pretty cool to see a knife being made from raw stock to completion...
 
Rowen has developed some proprietary processes, so I doubt you will find them posted here. :)
 
Start with the heat of a thousand suns, the metal needs to soak at that temp for one average human generation so around 25 years.

After this period, the steel is normalized in a fire created from burning the souls of a million men, not just normal men, but warrior's. Real men's men.

It's then immediately quenched in the tears of angels and demons. Doesn't sound that hard but you try getting a demon to cry.....not a simple task. Also making the process harder is the fact that angel tears and demon tears repel eachother like magnets. (getting them together is the proprietary part of the process).

Now the hard part begins, each hunk of steel is the size of a volkswagon. It'll be whittled down to a single Izula (the billet that a junglas is made from is as big as an 18 wheeler) due to the fact that the center of that metal is the best part. Same theory as making toothpicks, each one is made from a whole tree for the best quality, (it's true, look it up).

After the final shape of the knife has been machined and the fire of the million warrior souls has burned itself out, the ashes are made into the coating (along with unobtainium powder, ground up unicorn horns and of course jackalope pelts).

The finished knives are than blessed by the leaders of every religion on the planet and then dipped in holy water and shipped to the distributor network.


(Please disregard this post as heresay and nonsense. None of the views expressed in this post are those shared by ESEE knives, Jeff Randall, Mike Perrin or any other sane and rational human being.)
 
shotgunner11 said:
Start with the heat of a thousand suns, the metal needs to soak at that temp for one average human generation so around 25 years. After this period, the steel is normalized in a fire created from burning the souls of a million men, not just normal men, but warrior's. Real men's men. It's then immediately quenched in the tears of angels and demons. Doesn't sound that hard but you try getting a demon to cry.....not a simple task. Also making the process harder is the fact that angel tears and demon tears repel eachother like magnets. (getting them together is the proprietary part of the process). Now the hard part begins, each hunk of steel is the size of a volkswagon. It'll be whittled down to a single Izula (the billet that a junglas is made from is as big as an 18 wheeler) due to the fact that the center of that metal is the best part. Same theory as making toothpicks, each one is made from a whole tree for the best quality, (it's true, look it up). After the final shape of the knife has been machined and the fire of the million warrior souls has burned itself out, the ashes are made into the coating (along with unobtainium powder, ground up unicorn horns and of course jackalope pelts). The finished knives are than blessed by the leaders of every religion on the planet and then dipped in holy water and shipped to the distributor network.
(Please disregard this post as heresay and nonsense. None of the views expressed in this post are those shared by ESEE knives, Jeff Randall, Mike Perrin or any other sane and rational human being.)
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This is good . . :D Shotgunner, if I did not know better, I swear you knew my father. These were the kind of answers I grew up with when I would ask him questions about certain subjects. When I grew older, he told me he did it because if I had to do the leg work to find the answer, it would make more of an impression to retain it.
Great answer, & the disclaimer should be copyrighted . . .:)
Be safe.
 
shotgunner11 said:
Start with the heat of a thousand suns, the metal needs to soak at that temp for one average human generation so around 25 years.

After this period, the steel is normalized in a fire created from burning the souls of a million men, not just normal men, but warrior's. Real men's men.

It's then immediately quenched in the tears of angels and demons. Doesn't sound that hard but you try getting a demon to cry.....not a simple task. Also making the process harder is the fact that angel tears and demon tears repel eachother like magnets. (getting them together is the proprietary part of the process).

Now the hard part begins, each hunk of steel is the size of a volkswagon. It'll be whittled down to a single Izula (the billet that a junglas is made from is as big as an 18 wheeler) due to the fact that the center of that metal is the best part. Same theory as making toothpicks, each one is made from a whole tree for the best quality, (it's true, look it up).

After the final shape of the knife has been machined and the fire of the million warrior souls has burned itself out, the ashes are made into the coating (along with unobtainium powder, ground up unicorn horns and of course jackalope pelts).

The finished knives are than blessed by the leaders of every religion on the planet and then dipped in holy water and shipped to the distributor network.
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Sounds legit. I hope Shon isn't upset about putting the process up on the web like this tho......:D
 
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