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It was before I realized the edge was too thin and was crumpling like foil :( I ground it back to the point where it was an even thickness the length of the blade, even if the aesthetics were shot...

Entirely possible. I did grind it fairly thin before heat treat, definitely thinner than the usual 'thickness of a dime' recommendation. It did hit the oil quench within 5-10s of getting out of the...

Yeah, I need to figure out how long I can wait between annealing at 1,500 F and tempering at 300 F. At this point, I'm uncertain as to whether 1084 needs to be tempered the moment it cools to room...

I tempered it at 425 F, which should have resulted in 60 Rockwell, but the oven I used to temper it was not my digitally controlled kiln, as it was still cooling down from 1,500 F at the time, just...

That is very handy, thank you!

It looks like my blade is waaaay too wide. I'll have to see if I can grind it down into something workable or just make another one - practice makes perfect!

Interesting! Never knew that it could be too low!

Are there any guides as to what the ideal spine to width ratios are?

So I make knives via stock removal and have had good success over the last few years. I'd done a bit of blacksmithing in the past, and recently picked up an anvil and a gas forge and thought it'd be...