Learn How to Heat Treat Knives with a Metallurgist Media

Written article version of this video with some extra details about datasheets: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2024/09/17/introduction-to-knife-steel-heat-treating-from-a-metallurgist/

Learn more about heat treating with the book Knife Engineering: https://knifeengineering.com/

Testing different quench oils: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/07/19/which-quenching-oil-is-best-for-knives/
Cryo: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2022/01/11/how-cold-for-cryo/
Thermal Cycling, Normalizing, Annealing: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/08/28/how-to-thermal-cycle-knife-steel/
Annealing stainless steel: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2024/07/05/how-to-anneal-stainless-steel-after-forging/

00:00 Intro
00:19 Datasheet
01:57 Preheating
02:22 Austenitizing
03:32 Equipment for Heat Treating
07:55 Preparing and Protecting Steel
13:17 Hold Time for Austenitizing
14:47 Quenching
16:35 Cold Treatments
17:54 Following Recipe vs Custom Heat Treating
18:55 Tempering
19:36 Targeting Hardness Value
20:39 Recommended Heat Treatment
21:39 Thermal Cycling, Normalizing, Annealing
22:04 Finding Datasheets
24:11 Hardness Testing
29:07 Conclusions