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I'm actually currently researching oven for tempering (prepping for my first HT) as well! but confused about pros and cons of electric toaster vs. electric oven I'm working mainly with D2 and D3 i tried straightening a blade once in kitchen oven, the pain on the clamps burnt, my mother was not...

thanks but whats the difference?

thanks Rudy will try it :) hopefully we'll have kerosene

Just saw this when i was about to start hand sanding Those lines across the knife appear to be surface cracks. They only appeared after it was surface ground (after HT) In your opinion can this blade be salvaged/used? Any thoughts?

thanks! that makes sense! I found that ppl debate leaving the bladei n from the start or waiting until oven reaches temp then putting the blade inside, not sure what differences this would create if any, but on my first(only) HT trial so far i had the piece of steel in from the start. so as you...

ahh got it! at first you're talking about the O1 right? from the data sheet of the manufacturer of K100, they say 800C to 850C (1470F to 1560F) which is somewhat close to the data you provided the temps for both steels were so close i thought I would do them both in one go, but well, neither...

thanks George I am thinking about the carbide bit, but at this point I actually want to learn to anneal but isn't 1460 still non magnetic? whats the difference between it and 1325? thanks

thanks Darrin so you're saying lets say if i want to soak the blade for an hour i ought to leave it for (example) hour and 5 mins, right?

lol thanks Laurence you bring up another good point! however I dont have a good handle on culinary knives, I actually met a famous local chef and I think I ended up being more confused but now i'm wondering too, is 3mm K100 easier to work with, or 5mm 5155 (which I was planning on using since...

emm whats the equalizing you guys keep talking about? I'm new to HTing btw and my main steel so far is D2

hey guys long story short sometimes when i drill holes they harden when i cool with oil, so far i had no means of annealing but i bought an HT oven so few days ago i tried annealing O1 and k100 together set to 1460F for an hour and let them cool inside the oven overnight i already had all the...

thank you all very much for the input you guys raise some very valid issues!! and I understand what you mean Tracy, when I started I spent a lot of time designing and overthinking instead of actually making! thanks Scott, will be too expensive to import the steel, and I think I will go with...

Thanks a lot all You gave me really good tips, some things I definitely wouldve missed! Tracy, why one design though? It probably would lessen confusion, but I was thinking give them all same piece of steel and have them design their own *basic* knife I am creating a list with requirements...

hey guys recently guys from the local Fablab (and few others) showed interest in learning how to make knives. I finally have a chance to start spreading the craft here in Egypt, which is something I was looking forward to from day one of knifemaking problem is I can talk knives all day but...

some recent blades EDC/D Thirteen EDC/D compact EDC another compact EDC Ringed knife and better pic of the last dagger i finished

thanks Tracy

just got my HT oven and loved this thread (will continue onto the next) generally ive had really hard trouble understanding even the simplest technical HT stuff, reading this i feel there is hope after all thanks Kevin :)

just finished watching the video! thanks a lot for all the info, found some of it very helpful and shortened my research for HTing a bit can't wait to try HTing my first blades on my brand new Evenheat oven :D a question comes to mind tho, do the aluminum plates need to be the size of foil or...

thank you guys for the effort will check the video as soon as possible

thanks Jason i will try and find another solution (or maybe try the 24tpi blade, ought to be ok with tubes wallace, the problem is not the blades, i have a dewalt and use the dewalt blades and still have the same problem