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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3214594" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I quenched my knives in trans fluid a big deep pan of it.</p><p>Then check hardness it should not be able to be bitten by a file.</p><p>I then remove all carburazation (spelling) and polish the knife and de-grease it and into the regular oven at 375-400 degrees to temper it.</p><p>I watch for the knife steel to change colors.</p><p>It will be grey after some time in the oven then turn light straw and then medium straw and then dark straw.</p><p>I like light to medium straw color I read years ago in a book that should be in the Rockwell 56-58 C scale hardness.</p><p>Then I turn the oven off and let it cool all the way down and finish out the edge.</p><p></p><p>I have had no issues like that and they do hold an edge very well.</p><p>If you grind the file just right you can take some hardness out of it . Get sanding pads on an angle grinder and you can turn the steel blue. You just took some hardness out of it.</p><p></p><p>I do not like to go full blue though.</p><p></p><p>Fun to play even if you get a fail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3214594, member: 15054"] I quenched my knives in trans fluid a big deep pan of it. Then check hardness it should not be able to be bitten by a file. I then remove all carburazation (spelling) and polish the knife and de-grease it and into the regular oven at 375-400 degrees to temper it. I watch for the knife steel to change colors. It will be grey after some time in the oven then turn light straw and then medium straw and then dark straw. I like light to medium straw color I read years ago in a book that should be in the Rockwell 56-58 C scale hardness. Then I turn the oven off and let it cool all the way down and finish out the edge. I have had no issues like that and they do hold an edge very well. If you grind the file just right you can take some hardness out of it . Get sanding pads on an angle grinder and you can turn the steel blue. You just took some hardness out of it. I do not like to go full blue though. Fun to play even if you get a fail. [/QUOTE]
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