Zombie Tools Heat Treat

[lllest]

I did some searching, and I tried contacting Zombie Tools a few times, but I've yet to get a definite "Yes, this is how things are done" answer.

Does anyone know how Zombie Tools does its heat treat? Like if they use oils or if they do more of the Nepal way with water on the edges?

I've got a few Zombie Tools now, but am thinking about picking up some others. I would feel a lot better about it if I knew how things were done.

Thanks!

 

[lllest]

Bump on this. Any thoughts? Do they just do the typical 5160 oil (which oil?) quench, I would guess?

 

[shane45-1911]

Oil quench. And they do it quite well.

 

[lllest]

Thanks!

I just today got an email back from Zombie Tools that I sent a little while ago on the same question. They confirmed it's an oil quench (Parks AAA), and gave some more technical details about it that I will share here once I get the OK from them that it's OK to do so.

 

[lllest]

They gave the ok. This is what they said:

"We let the blades sit in our evenheat kilns at 1545 F for about 15 minutes at temp, then quench in Parks AAA quench oil. The blades are next put into a clamp temper for four hours at 450 F in a big powder coating oven. Finally, they are transferred to the evenheat kilns for the final temper for four hours at 460 F. We've been told our tempering is a bit overkill, but it works for us."

Giving the caveat they will adjust things for different batches of steels or other variables.

 

[toker]

I've got a few Zombie Tools now, but am thinking about picking up some others. I would feel a lot better about it if I knew how things were done.

Do you plan on abusing the blades worse than they do on the Youtube videos? If not, why worry?

 

[lllest]

Nerdery. Using Larrin’s articles + the info they gave + some imagination, I would like to think I know what the microstructure of the steel would look like / have a rough idea of the limits of its capabilities. Plus it’s nice to know they did it right vs. say the traditional Nepalese way of heat treating 5160. Knowing they did it right makes me a lot more interest in buying more of their stuff.

 

[Stickgunner]

They gave the ok. This is what they said:

"We let the blades sit in our evenheat kilns at 1545 F for about 15 minutes at temp, then quench in Parks AAA quench oil. The blades are next put into a clamp temper for four hours at 450 F in a big powder coating oven. Finally, they are transferred to the evenheat kilns for the final temper for four hours at 460 F. We've been told our tempering is a bit overkill, but it works for us."

Giving the caveat they will adjust things for different batches of steels or other variables.

Impressive way to make the most out of the steel they choose. Very nice!!