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+1 to everything Mike B said. Also, make sure you don't grind your edge too thin before heat treating. If you go too think, the edge will "potatoe chip". ie, warp, and this can't be fixed. Heat...

The standard way to determine when you are at critical temperature, is when the steel becomes non-magnetic. A cheap pickup magnet works fine. Leave the blade at critical temp for a couple of...