Heat Treat 1080 Steel Knife

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Heat treat 1080 steel knife. Hey guys ive been reading about the 1080 steel and how to heat treat it. Heat the steel any way you can a blow torch a fire in the ground with a hair dryer a gas forge furnace. How am i supposed to kn. Requires less soak time in heat before quenching and is very forgiving during the heat treat process making it great for heat treati.
The problem is i cant get the. Heat treating knives blades etc. If stock removal no normalization required. If forged normalize x3 at decreasing heats.
Knife making how to heat treat a knife super simple diy heat treating. Lol sounds like a casserole. 1080 forging steel is an excellent steel for beginning knife makers and professionals alike. I dont have a propane forge or anything.
More info below beginner knife making steel video. Has anyone ever used 1080 i got a 2 1 4 inch knife i just made out of it i was gonna heat treat it as if it was 1084 but its got 6 chromium and 2 vanadium in it so im afraid the extra alloys will effect it some the knife is for my fother hes a dear hunter and likes his knives really hard yet not hard to sharpen mostly because he hates making me do it for him lol it goes up to 65hrc so it. Hardening 1080 1084 sign in to follow this. 1084 is nearly identical to 1080 resulting in it being one of the easiest steels to work and heat treat with a variety of equipment but also having slightly increased edge holding.
To harden heat to a little past nonmagnetic 1500 f if you have temp control short soak maybe 5 minutes then quench. This combination makes it one of the best choices for beginners to expert bladesmiths. The 4 steps you need to know. An ideal choice for forging and for layering with 15n20 for damascus.
I made 2 knifes first one too hard second too soft then i just cut off a couple pieces of steel to heat treat to avoid spending all the time making a blade to break. Hot rolled and annealed. Wich i will do again as a test once i get it right. Just get the entire blade to the same temperature which you can see by it having the same colour all the way.