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Hello everyone-
I am new to doing my own heat treating, and my first run raised more questions than anything.
I tried a couple of knives I shaped out of what I was told is L6, then normalized 3X in my one brick propane forge. After that, I got them to non- magnetic again and edge quenched in vegetable oil.
After tempering at 375 degrees for 3 one hour cycles, I started removing the scale and found this pattern in the steel. While it looks cool, it is not what I was going for, and now I guess I have to sand the pattern out.
I'd appreciate any info on what caused this, how to avoid it, and anything else I did wrong!
Thanks,
DJ