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two things that helped me out was * Less heat- use the lowest aust temp you can for your steel. I go down to 1450° for W2 and W1 * Less Clay- use a thin layer, you don't need that gobbed up thick layr of clay. It should be thin..with practice you can practically draw on the blade with your...

We use our coal forge more but its more for general blacksmithing which is most of what we do..For general blacksmithing I like it many more times than propane because the fire is shapeable and your able to concentrate it to small areas were you need it. Not to mention welding in. Mild steel and...

DMT are great sharpeners and good products..They make some of the best portable sharpeners around

Ill throw in a plug for the Esteem grinder..Ive used about all the big name grinder except the TW-90 which I know is an outstanding machine and pretty much top dog these days. Ive used KMG's which are a good grinder,Wiltons,cootes,industrial grinders etc..For the money its hard to beat an...

We use close to the same heat treat..I use about 1460° for the W2(Ive had great luck with 1475° as well) with a 3-4 minute soak..We use Kevin Cashens heat treat for 52100 and could not be happier with it..Id say you will have to go close to 450° tempers to get around 60rc if that's what your...

That's my understanding as well..I really like the steel. My personal carry knife is AEB-L heat treated to about 61rc..I cut up fish all the time and have no problems with chipping.

A dry ice/acetone bath will get cold enough to take care of the RA..I measured our last batch at -106°..I isn't cold enough for "true" cryo but you will generally get the same RC gains from the RA reduction as you do with LN from what Ive seen. Just not the cryo's eta carbide" formation..

Now farrier rasps are considered a consumable. They don't have to be that hard really. A few are still made from quality steel, many are not. I saw the specs on one new brand and they were made from .38% carbon steel.

Ive been going over crucibles data..It seems there are several different ways to "quench" this steel. Air, positive pressure,salt or even interrupted oil...It looks like a austnizing temp of abut 2100° with a 1000° temper is suppose to yield a 63rc...Has anyone been heat treating this with...

How much are they going to run?

Ive had that happen with L6 san mai..The exact same thing..The core steel itself split in two..Ive sued a lot of wrought and 1095/1084 with no problems..the only time I ran into problems was with a higher alloy steel..Ive done all kinds of file steel(1.28% carbon) wrought/mild steel san mai in...

Probably the best idea but Ive never had a dramatic warp to correct..If they were ever bad enough to fear breaking I usally normalized a few times and started over but those have been far and few between.

Thanks, what about the cryo? being the alloy it is, would a sub zero quench be a satisfactory substitute?

They are full hard.Temp controlled heat treat quenched in parks 50...I learned this method of straightning from Rick Marchand(sp?) Its not a dramatic bend, only slightly..

Ive been researching cmp 3v a lot lately and have come up with several heat treat reipes..Mainly two..Seems that some like the high aust. temp and high temper of *roughly 975*-1000* and some like a lower aust. temp with cryo and lower tempering of about *400..Id like to hear your thoughts on...

thanks for the info..

I was wondering if anyone has taken into consideration or noticed any effect of high temp heat treating on kilns? Like 1950*-2000* heat treat recipes, just how hard is it on a kiln?

when we have to straighten a blade after full hardening I use a flat piece of metal a wedge of some kind and a small C clamp..Use the wedge to keep the blade off the bar and then apply presser with the C clamp opposite the warpage..Close the clamp until the blade is just slightly pass...

I cracked a 52100 blade in parks once but it was maybe a bit thin..Parks is a 7-9 second oil if Im not mistaken..Ive been using mcmaster carr fast quench that is a 9-11 second oil with great results..I use Cashens forumla of a 1475*-1500* soak at about 15 minutes..Comes out around 66rc

Ive been going ove the same thing because we are very close to ordering a 18" Evenheat with the rampmaster..If Im not mistaken it stores more programs and has several more features like alarm and a full keypad..Evenheat has several videos on youtube of how to program both models..That will give...