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The steel is from Alpha Knife Supply. Interestingly enough, they reference Dr. Larrin Thomas in their description. Sounds like I need to get his book."Condition: This alloy been properly annealed and is in the soft condition. You do not have to do any non-standard wasteful processes before heat treating. The steel must be heat treated to get to a hardened state. Follow the heat treat recipe and the steel will harden.. Choose a heat treat recipe that results in the attributes you want. Thank you to Dr Larrin Thomas for all the testing he performed and information he has provided. Buy his book Knife Engineering to learn more about knifemaking." So according to Alpha Knife Supply, no further "processes" are needed before heat treating, although they do not specify a recipe for HT. So I take that to mean to harden, 1500 and quench, then temper at 425 degrees twice for two hours each, which should result in a Rockwell Hardness of about 57-60.
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