05-02-2017, 06:48 PM
Thanks Mark.
When I did my first blade, I practiced with a cold kiln.
Thought it through after sleeping on it, then practiced some more before going 'hot'.
I used a piece of 1/16" stainless welding rod to hook through a small hole in the tang.
The whole thing was hanging in the heat, and pulling it out and going to the quench was maybe 2 seconds.
It also allowed me to drop straight in as it was hanging loosely and gravity helped out as long as I didn't 'swing' the blade.
I then just raised it up and down and forward and back. (My quench pot is pretty deep)
No fireball. Not even much smoke.
I've done some reading about stainless steel 'wraps' around blades in order to keep some of that heat in during the transfer (as well as limiting oxygen exposure).
Seems that it could help, some.
I guess what I am wondering about is what effects does that 1-3 seconds have on the HT overall?
I'm probably overthinking it
Wade.
When I did my first blade, I practiced with a cold kiln.
Thought it through after sleeping on it, then practiced some more before going 'hot'.
I used a piece of 1/16" stainless welding rod to hook through a small hole in the tang.
The whole thing was hanging in the heat, and pulling it out and going to the quench was maybe 2 seconds.
It also allowed me to drop straight in as it was hanging loosely and gravity helped out as long as I didn't 'swing' the blade.
I then just raised it up and down and forward and back. (My quench pot is pretty deep)
No fireball. Not even much smoke.
I've done some reading about stainless steel 'wraps' around blades in order to keep some of that heat in during the transfer (as well as limiting oxygen exposure).
Seems that it could help, some.
I guess what I am wondering about is what effects does that 1-3 seconds have on the HT overall?
I'm probably overthinking it
Wade.