Well, it probably didn't do any harm at all to the blade, and if anything it was experience for when you get a carbon steel blade.
I bet that stainless blade is probably much sharper now from the polishing job.
Another easy way to get air to your fire is to use a shop vac that's blowing air but you'll want to make a flame retardant long nozzle for it. You could do that with more pipe.
@icecrimson how do you quench in dry ice. do you mean dry ice in water? it you just stuck the metal inbetween to pieces of dry ice the blade would probably crack.
@icecrimson i mean the metal can crack in room temp water thats why most use oil so i dont know why anyone would qench. There is a thing called cryo hardening but thats done before heat treating.
I've got a similar knife I bought at the same time I assume the blade is made of the same material. I make a vid and see if I can tell if it helped at all.
it is VERY SHARP!!! even if it didn't harden all that time on the stone polishing it back up made it super super sharp!
Silly rabbit, Trix are for blacksmiths. . . errr kids? hey at least you learned some thing: you need to try carbon steel. don't get discouraged what you were realy doing was sampling your dream in real life. was it fun? did you relish the anticipation of creating something? woulf you do it again? did you answer "yes" or something more positive to any of these questions? if so there's nothing left for you to do but get a forge. Go man, GO!
oh yea, I'm definatly going to build a forge, just need to get a few more parts, and I kinda blew my fun budget on my the Cheness Tenchi Katana I just bought!
Also remember, there is quite a technique to heat-treating metal. Unless properly treated and cooled, you can create a very brittle blade which will break as soon as it strikes anything.
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you only heat the blade to a blue looking color then drop in some burned oil...that tempers the blade...this can be done with a propane tourch...
jessiejamesrides 7 months ago
you only heat the blade to a blue looking color then drop in some burned oil...that tempers the blade...this can be done woth a propane tourch...
jessiejamesrides 7 months ago
Is it hard enough to cut thru steel?
uzerofutube 1 year ago
still needs to be tempered
nickwoo2 1 year ago
Well, it probably didn't do any harm at all to the blade, and if anything it was experience for when you get a carbon steel blade.
I bet that stainless blade is probably much sharper now from the polishing job.
Another easy way to get air to your fire is to use a shop vac that's blowing air but you'll want to make a flame retardant long nozzle for it. You could do that with more pipe.
Littlejon126 3 years ago
yea I've got my forge all worked out in on paper, just have to get the materials.
icyberia 3 years ago
you can harden stainless steel at a much higher temperature maybe double or triple than that, then quench it in dry ice
icecrimson 3 years ago
@icecrimson how do you quench in dry ice. do you mean dry ice in water? it you just stuck the metal inbetween to pieces of dry ice the blade would probably crack.
nickwoo2 1 year ago
@nickwoo2 i dunno actually, i just heard it from somebody
icecrimson 1 year ago
@icecrimson i mean the metal can crack in room temp water thats why most use oil so i dont know why anyone would qench. There is a thing called cryo hardening but thats done before heat treating.
nickwoo2 1 year ago
@nickwoo2 *why anyone would quench using dryice
nickwoo2 1 year ago
"A" for effort!
Check out Admiral Steel, bro! They have some pretty decent prices on good quality steel.
Hyoujinsama 3 years ago
I've got a similar knife I bought at the same time I assume the blade is made of the same material. I make a vid and see if I can tell if it helped at all.
it is VERY SHARP!!! even if it didn't harden all that time on the stone polishing it back up made it super super sharp!
icyberia 3 years ago
Silly rabbit, Trix are for blacksmiths. . . errr kids? hey at least you learned some thing: you need to try carbon steel. don't get discouraged what you were realy doing was sampling your dream in real life. was it fun? did you relish the anticipation of creating something? woulf you do it again? did you answer "yes" or something more positive to any of these questions? if so there's nothing left for you to do but get a forge. Go man, GO!
Ianflaer 3 years ago
oh yea, I'm definatly going to build a forge, just need to get a few more parts, and I kinda blew my fun budget on my the Cheness Tenchi Katana I just bought!
icyberia 3 years ago
@icyberia its been two years. do ya have that forge yet?
creekrocker 6 months ago
Also remember, there is quite a technique to heat-treating metal. Unless properly treated and cooled, you can create a very brittle blade which will break as soon as it strikes anything.
Jeeperrandy 3 years ago
yes blacksmithing is rather hard but it is easy to learn it is a trial & error process if your willing to work at it
Ibajedi 3 years ago
oh yea, I've been researching blade smithing for quite sometime. I'll build me own forge soon enough.
I don't really need to worry about it being brittle. its not a throwing knife so I don't think it will be striking anything.
icyberia 3 years ago