THANK YOU! Everything I've seen out there just jumps straight to hammering, and all of the references to annealing and quenching are at the end of the process. But I'm working with leaf springs, and they're already hard as hell. Kept thinking it made sense to soften the steel first from a stress relief standpoint, and yours is the first video I've seen that actually covers that question. So again, thank you for putting this out there.
I'm learning a lot from your videos! I've made about 50 knives but always I treated them in low light, but it was so hot the other day I decided for the first time to heat treat outside and it was daytime. I didn't realize while I was doing it but I overcooked every single blades.
Excellent info, I’m super grateful. I hope to start making blades as soon as I get back to my hometown of Pahoa Hawaii and it’s information like this that has been helping me to learn blade smithing. As a matter of fact, come to think of it, the name of my hometown, Pahoa, is the Hawaiian word for “dagger”. Anyways, again I’m super grateful for this great video.
Great video. 👍 Might sound weird but I use all natural cat litter (Tidy Cat). I use a piece of scrap steel to warm up the litter in a old metal stew pot, then anneal my work piece overnight in it. BTW, use new fresh kitty litter. Lol
i see an unmodified pair of horse hoof nippers behind you. Do you use those unmodified hoof nippers for smithing? I had 2 pairs of hoof nippers i was about to modify, but if an unmodified pair is useful i will keep one like it is. I am a new blacksmith so i really dont know much. THanks!
Leaf springs will snap when quenched it happens just go back at it don't give up and try water please oil ain't the best for leaf springs more for files
You guys be careful with them Springs a lot of them like water quenching and remember they're going to be a lot harder than normal knives so you might want to anneal a little more because your Edge will chip and not roll if not.. coming from a Smither
If i can save one person a headache its worth the video. Gentleman. Thank you
THANK YOU! Everything I've seen out there just jumps straight to hammering, and all of the references to annealing and quenching are at the end of the process. But I'm working with leaf springs, and they're already hard as hell. Kept thinking it made sense to soften the steel first from a stress relief standpoint, and yours is the first video I've seen that actually covers that question. So again, thank you for putting this out there.
Thank you for watching and subscribing Red! I am really glad I could help.
Thanks man. This helped a lot. I already bought my first pre-annealed 1095 but I'm happy to properly learn the anneal/normalization process.
Doing a great job Chad, learning a lot from you
Glad to be of help Jordan. Thank you for watching
I'm learning a lot from your videos! I've made about 50 knives but always I treated them in low light, but it was so hot the other day I decided for the first time to heat treat outside and it was daytime. I didn't realize while I was doing it but I overcooked every single blades.
Yes it is very easy to do in bright sunlight. Try to get a hold of some kind or just anything to shade the light enough you can see your color
Thank you your videos really help out beginners like me!
I am very glad to hear that! Thank you for watching!
Excellent info, I’m super grateful. I hope to start making blades as soon as I get back to my hometown of Pahoa Hawaii and it’s information like this that has been helping me to learn blade smithing. As a matter of fact, come to think of it, the name of my hometown, Pahoa, is the Hawaiian word for “dagger”. Anyways, again I’m super grateful for this great video.
I am so glad to hear this! I am very glad to know the videos have helped. Thanks for watching!
Great video. 👍 Might sound weird but I use all natural cat litter (Tidy Cat). I use a piece of scrap steel to warm up the litter in a old metal stew pot, then anneal my work piece overnight in it. BTW, use new fresh kitty litter. Lol
Good advice brother!!
This helps a lot. Thank you!🙂
Thanks for sharing! Great video.
I would like to see your forge how big the pot is or how it's made
awesome.
thanks.
Thank You!
i see an unmodified pair of horse hoof nippers behind you. Do you use those unmodified hoof nippers for smithing? I had 2 pairs of hoof nippers i was about to modify, but if an unmodified pair is useful i will keep one like it is. I am a new blacksmith so i really dont know much. THanks!
Leaf springs will snap when quenched it happens just go back at it don't give up and try water please oil ain't the best for leaf springs more for files
Thank you for this information
Annealing and normalizing are 2 totally different processes and functions. And done at different times and steps in the knife making process.
You guys be careful with them Springs a lot of them like water quenching and remember they're going to be a lot harder than normal knives so you might want to anneal a little more because your Edge will chip and not roll if not.. coming from a Smither
the fans want more spit
how about sand?