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Good call, Butch. I stand my blades on their spines, edge up, in a slotted piece of firebrick. Also makes it a lot easier to grab them with the tongs prior to quenching.

Josh

Sounds like your steel is fine; grinding does impart stresses, especially if the blade gets really hot. (I use a magnet to hold it when I'm grinding flat surfaces, so it can get pretty toasty.

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Cool post, Chris. Thanks for sharing. A few items for thought:

I was able to remove my anti-scaling compound by boiling the razors. This is still well below the tempering range, so it's pretty...

Yeah, there are a bunch of ways. Anything that prevents the steel from contacting oxygen will reduce or eliminate scale.

Mike Blue, Tim Zowada and others heat their blades in specially formulated...

Thanks, Mike. For some reason I thought you'd told me that you use PCB, and USAKnifemaker had some, so I grabbed it. I think I'll try it a few more times and see if I can't get the hang of it.


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Agreed. I get a thin layer of scaling from my kiln at normal heat treating temps. The normalizing cycles at slightly higher temps do contribute a bit more, though.

Chris,

Thanks for the link; I've read good things about ATP. I went with the PCB because I order a lot of other supplies from USAKnifemaker as well, so there's no extra shipping. Do you apply the...

I've read mixed reviews of different anti-scaling compounds, so I thought I'd order some and see for myself how it works for me. I got the PCB anti-scaling compound from USAKnifemaker.com, which...