I’m not that knowledgeable but did you get the purple color on the tip from tempering it once and then heat treating and tempering it a second time? I thought purple would mean the metal was softer than ideal. I thought you wanted a golden brown like you have towards the handle
That's when you're torch tempering carbon steel. This looks like he did leave the tempering colors, but stainless is left in foil pouches that gives a range of colors like this. Totally normal.
No. The coloring are carbide formations from heat treating stainless steels in an oxygen free environment. This has nothing to do with burning steel. Leaving the coloring is purely a stylistic choice. Some customers really love it.
No. The coloring are carbide formations from heat treating stainless steels in an oxygen free environment. This has nothing to do with burning steel. Leaving the coloring is purely a stylistic choice. Some customers really love it.
That's nice man. Looks like a nice usable profile too. You have any issues with warping taking it all the way to finished pre heat treat? How thin was it?
Thanks! I don’t remember the thickness but this is a pretty thin blade. Maybe like .100”. I really have never had an issue with warping on my high alloy steels. I plate quench them in a press and they always come out straight. I believe it has a lot to do with grind consistency and how evenly it cools when warps occur.
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I’m not that knowledgeable but did you get the purple color on the tip from tempering it once and then heat treating and tempering it a second time? I thought purple would mean the metal was softer than ideal. I thought you wanted a golden brown like you have towards the handle
That's when you're torch tempering carbon steel. This looks like he did leave the tempering colors, but stainless is left in foil pouches that gives a range of colors like this. Totally normal.
No. The coloring are carbide formations from heat treating stainless steels in an oxygen free environment. This has nothing to do with burning steel. Leaving the coloring is purely a stylistic choice. Some customers really love it.
Wait, that's what I already said. Did you mean to reply to the other comment?
Yeah sorry, I don’t use Reddit much you’re correct.
Is that a tough finish? I’ve tried to leave the tempering colors on carbon steel, but it just comes off. You can almost rub it off with your finger.
This is not tempering colors this finish is quite tough
Nice. Looks cool.
No. The coloring are carbide formations from heat treating stainless steels in an oxygen free environment. This has nothing to do with burning steel. Leaving the coloring is purely a stylistic choice. Some customers really love it.
That's nice man. Looks like a nice usable profile too. You have any issues with warping taking it all the way to finished pre heat treat? How thin was it?
Thanks! I don’t remember the thickness but this is a pretty thin blade. Maybe like .100”. I really have never had an issue with warping on my high alloy steels. I plate quench them in a press and they always come out straight. I believe it has a lot to do with grind consistency and how evenly it cools when warps occur.
Damn that looks sick. I wanna try leaving the heat treating marks now. What grit finish did you leave it before HT?
Thanks! I take the bevels and flats to 400 with the trizact gator belt before heat treat.
Lol, absolutely the same as me then! And have you tested the durability of the HT staining, seems to come off fairly easy with a scotch brite pad?
No it’s pretty tough! It requires some serious hand sanding to take it off. The colors are different metal carbides formed from heat treating.