Hi fellas, just finishing off my blades which are made from CS70 high carbon
steel, i have heated the tips to cherry plus and dipped into water... broken the
tips on two knives already during throwing, i can see at the breakage their too
brittle, how can i reverse the prosess ?, appreciate any remedies. Regards Bear
Hi fellas, just finishing off my blades which are made from CS70 high carbon steel, i have heated the tips to cherry plus and dipped into water... broken the...
Hi, Amigo First of all, water is good only for tempering Japanese swords, in theyr Own techniques. I belive theyr swords are low carbon, or they have a way...
Hi Dalmo There is a strange kind of Water Tempering using Dawn Dish Washing Soap in the water which will actually Case Harde the outside of the metal rather ...
That would be super quench Joe, and is a trick for temporarily hardening mild steels. Medium to high carbon steels really benefit from oil quenching (some...
Beargrease To make the metal as it was just turn it blue with heat. Seems to me you are hardening it right through. Must be the wrong type of steel, or the...
CS70 C. Si. Mn. S. P. 0.70% 0.25% 0.70% 0.015% 0..015% It's a spring steel, and with that amount of carbon would benefit from an oil quench. What you have done...
I have a good friend who uses strictly Olive Oil and I swear the blades feel just the tiniest bit slick aftyer he's done with them, he uses a big Milk pail and...
First thanks everybody who replied to my question, i am now wiser to the fact and my wrong doings, but i still need to reverse if possible my mistake and a...
As I said I am not a forger or blacksmith but I believe once you do that it will normalize the steel and make it soft again, you would need to let it air cool...
Frequent quenching and I usually work on 10 or more knives at a time so if it is too warm for my hand it's time to quench it and put it down. Joe D. ...
Hi Charles You may only need to temper the points to get them as hard as you like but the chances of the rest of any part of the knife bending from an...
... Hi Joe, I agree with you, I'd do the whole knife also, but if he's happy with just doing the points, sometimes that's all that's necessary, the spring in...
Again Charles it sounds as if your experience with forging is much greater than mine, but as Dalmo said I cut out a design and get it 100% where I like it and...
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