where do you send your blades for h.t.?

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fetz

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for those of you who send out your blades for hardening and tempering can
you help out with where to send them? thanks!!!
 
I'd send mine to RLinger if he has time......he may chime in ;)
 
No BS... Roger Linger is a damn fine HTer. He did a couple ATS-34 blades for me last year that were excellent!
 
If Roger is busy and you don't do enough to want to send them to Paul Bos (think its more expensive if your not doing batches :confused: ) I've been really pleased with the results I got on a few knives from texas knifemakers supply. It was only about $9 a blade back when I sent them in and I only had 2 done, things may have changed, but I'm very happy with those two knives the heat treat is great.
 
fetz, it will depend on the steel. What kind are you asking after? Paul Bos only does air-hardening steels, BTW, and TKS may have followed suit, I'm not certain.
 
i will be looking to send some 440c stainless and some ats34, and maybe some
1095, i usually do the 1095 with my o/a tourch.
 
440C and ATS34 you could send to Bos, then, but as mentioned it gets more expensive without blades in batches of up to 20. I never had a bad blade come back from Paul, though I managed to unevenly grind a couple he couldn't get the twist out of. There may be a problem, though, as Paul is shutting down his operation and moving to Idaho along with Buck. I don't know when it's due to be back online.

Since you're looking for both stainless and C10xx, I'd suggest contacting Roger before anyone else. Heck, I'd'a recommended him anyway.... ;) He's meticulous and has done his homework thoroughly.

To *not* answer your original question, though, I have two furnaces and do all my own HT since about 1985. :) Just something I like to play with.
 
I send mine to texas knifemakers. It takes between 10 and 20 days for them to get back, or less if you live closer to texas. They do all of my blades and I'm happy to keep giving them my business. It costs 5.50 for every blade under 10" and 10.00 for over. They do cryo for another 4.00 a blade and they'll heat treat any kind of air hardening steel you want.

- Chris
 
Have Roger do if he's got time. I'm not sure of his rates, but I'm sure they're worth it.

If you want, you can send your carbon blades to me and I'll give 'em a cold water quench. ;) :D
 
Thanks all for the nice recommendation.

Since recently becoming a full time knife maker I am thinking very seriously about discontinuing my heat treating service about the first of this coming year. If I do I will post a thread to that effect here on Shop Talk after I first notify Darren Ellis, who has my service posted on his site.

I will continue to accept requests until beginning of year and will fulfill those even if the blades are not gotten to me by first of year.

All blades no greater than 2 inches in width are cyogenically treated. Twelve inches OAL is the maximum I can properly heat treat. Air quenching steels are $14 per blade. Oil quenching blades are $18 per blade. Return shipping cost is addition $4.50 up to 1 pound shipping weight.

Roger
 
I use TKS also. Air hardening only. Justin Gingrich (Ranger Knives) does my 5160 blades. I plan on trying my hand at doing the 5160 blades come spring.
Scott
 
With Roger considering pulling out of the heat treat/temper business, if he does, is there anywhere to send O1 if you only have 2 or 3 to do?
 
I've used TKS so far for all my stainless blades and they do a good job. But I was planning to send future blades to Roger. Sorry to hear about Bos moving; Roger don't quit! Maybe that'd be some fairly easy side business that you could blend in with your own. We need you! At least until I get my own oven and can start doing mine myself... ;) And at the rate I'm saving change I have two years to go. :rolleyes:

Walt if you have the recent Knives Annual there's a list of heat treaters in the back too.
 
Well, it is because heat treating takes so much time and attention. The fact that now knives I make is all that will pay the bills and because heat treating will not I must do what I can to keep the electric on. If I could continue heat treating for others without it cutting so deeply into my knife customer's time I would carry on gladly. It has been of much benefit to me both in enjoyment, excellerated experience and learning of new steels I have not yet ground myself. Because I must now spend my better time making instead of heat treating for other makers I am, by circumstance, forced into this decision - and I am rather disappointed it must be.

RL
 
Roger from that I take it there's no profit for you. Then certainly you cannot spend your time at it! And that makes you a hero for doing what you have for so many. Do you have a programmable control on your oven, or do you have to monitor the ramping times etc? Just curious, still thinking about getting my own. Would it help if you could batch blades, or is that not workable? I wonder if you could do enough blades at a time to make a run profitable. You'd have to accumulate enough of the same steel to make that work; I bet people would be willing to send several blades at once or wait until you had enough in queue to do them. Just thinking out loud, don't mind me. You'll be sorely missed.
 
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