Thread: L-6
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Old 04-29-2002, 09:20 AM
ironbasher
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L-6


I recently heat treated a piece of L-6 that i had ground into basically a camp knife profile. After heating to non magnetic in my gas forge, I edge quenched in preheated canola oil and promptly developed several large cracks running from edge up about 1/2 inch towards the spine, and most disturbingly one of them turned and ran paralell to the edge for about 2 inches towards the ricasso. I left the edge about 1/16 thick to grind away decarb and the steel was from Admiral ,does anybody have any thoughts as to where I blew it. Thank s for any and all input. Ironbasher
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