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I guess I didn't say enough prayers to the quench Gods today, my first try at clay coating for a hamonended with a "ping." It was a mini I am working on. W-1, took it to just above magnetic, a dull cherry red, made extra sure that I didn't overheat the tip, warmed up my oil to 130*F. I had pre heated my oven to 425*F for an immidiate temper cycle. Quenched the blade tip first, held it for 10 seconds, pulled it to check that it was cool enough to handle and ran in the house to temper it. I just took it from the oven and was sanding away the crud when this little guy showed up...
I thought I got all the file scratches out of the admittedly too small radius, but I knew better and went ahead anyways. Oh well, this is only my third knife. I have many more mistakes and failures to look forward too.
Good news is that the heat treat came out very even, difficult at best with just a torch. I did find some furnace cement at the ma-n-pa corner hardware store. Mixed it with a bit of water for this little knife and it seemed to do its job quite well. I may use it to build a small forge, but that's another project.
Too frustrated to stay quiet, back to hammering out more steel...
"Ding, ding". Round 2 begins
-Xander
I thought I got all the file scratches out of the admittedly too small radius, but I knew better and went ahead anyways. Oh well, this is only my third knife. I have many more mistakes and failures to look forward too.
Good news is that the heat treat came out very even, difficult at best with just a torch. I did find some furnace cement at the ma-n-pa corner hardware store. Mixed it with a bit of water for this little knife and it seemed to do its job quite well. I may use it to build a small forge, but that's another project.
Too frustrated to stay quiet, back to hammering out more steel...
"Ding, ding". Round 2 begins
-Xander
