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Old 04-18-2016, 06:52 PM
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Heat Treating

Well I made a replacement blade for a CRKT Journeyer. I decided to do an all out test on my new blade and did the normalizations(critical temp/cooled to room temp, heated to just red but still magnetic/ cooled to RT, heated to a dull red and cooled to RT), heated to critical non-magnetic and did an edge quench on about half the blade and let cool to room temp, then I propped the blade in a pan of water with about a 1/3 up the blade and tempered (with a torch) to a blue/wheat color on the spine and almost to the water line with the wheat color. And allowed to cool to room temp. After this I clamped it in a vise and smacked it 3 good times with a hammer with no breakage or cracking. I then dropped it point down on concrete, inspected and all looked fine minus a few scratches. Would you consider this a successful heat treatment?
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Old 04-18-2016, 07:27 PM
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Sounds good to me. The only other tests would be edge retention and/or the brass rod test.
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Old 04-18-2016, 07:28 PM
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Most likely. Finish shaping the blade and sharpen it. Then do the brass rod test on it. If it passes that then it sounds OK to me ...


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Old 04-18-2016, 07:34 PM
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What is a brass rod test? Never mind just you tubed it. I will try that out tomorrow and will report back.

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Old 04-24-2016, 08:55 PM
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Brass rod test passed and I have been using it all week cutting bags and cardboard at work. Still sharp and no shiny spots on the cutting edge.
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