I have asmall problem

[Holland Bramlitt]

I have about 80 pieces of 1095 steel for pocket knife blades that are heat treated to 60rc and want to know if you can make a hamon line to anneal the top of the blade so I can cut a nail nick. dont really like the way a stone cuts the nick so i want to use a dove tail cutter for the nick. If this is possible what kind of clay and how does the process work. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BossDog]

Sorry to say that isn't going to happen at this point after they have been hardened already.

 

[Holland Bramlitt]

Thats what I thought but wasn't sure never. Thanks for the info

 

[Don Robinson]

Get somebody to grind the nail nick using an angled wheel on a surface grinder.

 

[dan van]

I would put the nail nick in by putting a dremel cut off wheel in your drill press and run it at high speed. Put the blade in a small vice at the desired height and run it back and forth against the cut off wheel to cut the nick. You would need to be careful to maintain a consistant depth. Dan

 

[Stew]

I wonder if you could etch a nail nick in...

 

[GHEzell]

It might be possible to draw the temper of the spine back enough for your dove tail cutter to work, but on a blade as small as most folder blades, I wouldn't want to try it... and even then it would not be annealed steel, only spring-tempered steel, so it would still wear out your cutter prematurely.