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very true about the steel hardening in air it seems some simple things have been flying over my head recently. don't get me wrong the blade isn't SOFT just softer than expexted for example last 2 times I did the 375 temper and work up when it was at 375 all sorts of chips and cucks came off when on the brass rod that did not happen this time I ALMOST didn't even do the brass rod test at 375 I was about to re temper at 400 since the last 2 times the steel was so hard ...glad I did. no hardness tester....sometimes I do drill the holes before hand but most of the time I use carbide but I figured maybe I could get those bits to last a lil longer if the tang was softer deffinitly just a experiment that is why I only quenched 2 blades like that
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