Thread: The correct Blade hardness 01 for razors

How to temper the steel 01 for razors?
Please share your experiences.
Interested in temperature and time to each stage.
The forum did not find the appropriate topic
Maybe I'm bad searched?

I usually temper O1 at 400F. I temper right after quenching. I temper twice an hour each time.

Charlie

Sits back and pulls up a chair,,, waits for the hardness numbers

Thank you!
1)Process 2)Temperature 3)Holding time 4)Environment

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1. 1)annealing 2) ...... 3)...... 4)....
2. 1)normalization 2)...... 3)...... 4).....
3. 1)quenching 2)...... 3)...... 4).....
4. 1)temper 2)400F 3)2 * 1 hour 4) air

I hope that the processes are properly written and understandable
Soon we will reach the truth of

This should help too

Thank you. it complies with the previous post.

Very interested in holding time during hardening

Do any of you pros test RC? is there a non destructive of doing so? today

Originally Posted by GVIkzn

Very interested in holding time during hardening

I hold at 1500 for about 15 minutes for O1.

Charlie

Any feelings out there on what specifically to quench in? All the knives I've done are in 1095 and quenched in warmed vegi.

Originally Posted by jcline

Any feelings out there on what specifically to quench in? All the knives I've done are in 1095 and quenched in warmed vegi.

I have not understood all, sorry
what do you mean"vegi"?
This vegetable oil