I used to complain about moving 52100 under the hammer until I started forging stainless. It's like butter comparatively. That stainless hates to move. Nice to see others doing a similar process. Looks great.
To get it workable I let it soak at 1375° for an hour, and let it cool down slowly in the oven over nite... Then after I profile grind, and drill what holes I need, I coat it in a anti-scale clay. Put it in the over at around 1000° and let it ramp up to 1500 and soak for 5 minutes. Then ramps to 1925 as fast as my oven will do it, hold and quench in a big tank of parks AAA. Then I toss it in the freezer for a few hours... Then I temper 2 times for 2 hours at 350.
I used to complain about moving 52100 under the hammer until I started forging stainless. It's like butter comparatively. That stainless hates to move. Nice to see others doing a similar process. Looks great.
You definitely get a workout! Thanks 👊👊
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Nice work! What kind of stainless steel did you use? And the heat treat would have been really interesting. How did you go along for it?
To get it workable I let it soak at 1375° for an hour, and let it cool down slowly in the oven over nite... Then after I profile grind, and drill what holes I need, I coat it in a anti-scale clay. Put it in the over at around 1000° and let it ramp up to 1500 and soak for 5 minutes. Then ramps to 1925 as fast as my oven will do it, hold and quench in a big tank of parks AAA. Then I toss it in the freezer for a few hours... Then I temper 2 times for 2 hours at 350.
Celsius or Fahrenheit..😅@@jleesknives
@@HadrianusRexus were not smart enough to use anything but fahrenheit here in the states 😂🤦♂️
Super elegant and beautiful 🤌
Thanks!👊☕👊