Thread: Heat treating

Anyone Close to Massachusetts who does heat treating ? OR anyone anywhere . IT would be nice to secure a relationship with someone someplace that does it when and if I move forward with more straights .

Search the member list for a man named mike blue. He's the go to guy when it comes to info on any blade making art. Or look for a man named shooter74743

Yeah, Mike Blue is our expert.
I'd be more than happy to do it for you, though shipping things to Belgium would be a bit silly.

Have a look at one of the knife making forums (Don Fogg’s “bladesmith forum” is the one I like, but “knifedogs”, “swordforum” and “hypefreeblades” are good too).

Those guys are really helpful and lots of them do their own heat treating or heat treat for others. There is bound to be someone on there that is near you, heat treats and willing to help. If not they should be able to point you in the right direction.

Mike is the man you should look up, he's the SRP resident guru when it comes to heat treating. I just consider myself a skilled apprentice when it comes to heat treating...& I'm in Southeastern Oklahoma on the OK/TX line.

Here's where a tagging system would be handy...#Bruno, #Gugi

Edit: If it's steels I have worked with like O-1 or 1095 I would heat treat for you next time I fire up my forge, but it can be a month in-between forging sessions.

My brother in law has a torch . Could I heat treat as needed that way. de magnetize , quench, then temper. ? 01 steel

If there's any metalworking industry in your area, and Mass had a fair amount of it at one time, there should be a qualified heat treater nearby.

Originally Posted by drmccubx

My brother in law has a torch . Could I heat treat as needed that way. de magnetize , quench, then temper. ? 01 steel

May get by for home-made knives, I really question the quality of the HT with a torch. I let mine set at temperature once they start to coalesce for 5 minutes. You get to know colors when heat treating. Razor makers do not use torches in open air. Build a forge of some type, I am sure you can use one then. Pick up "Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop", lots of info there for starting out.

Originally Posted by drmccubx

Anyone Close to Massachusetts who does heat treating ? OR anyone anywhere . IT would be nice to secure a relationship with someone someplace that does it when and if I move forward with more straights .

Theer is a heat treating facility in Southbridge Mass. that does all the treating for Dexter Knives I was there today

Originally Posted by drmccubx

My brother in law has a torch . Could I heat treat as needed that way. de magnetize , quench, then temper. ? 01 steel

Yes you could. I'd recommend finding a local blacksmith with some experience and practice on some non-critical blades before doing your razors. A torch can overheat the blade quicker than you can recover from the error. A thin blade like a razor can decarburize rapidly if overheated. You'll have to consider the scale to be removed after heat treating ( a side effect of atmospheric HT with burning gasses) so the blades will need to be ground thicker before heat treatment to leave yourself some room to remove the scale and have enough left over for a decent shaver. It would be better to experience all these things before finding out you ruined your hard work grinding them. But, it's a risk all blade makers take when they get into that world. Good luck.