Hey all, new member , Looking around the site for info etc, still on the fence, heat treating worries me 2 much oh well, i`ll enjoy the forum Happy new year
Happy new year! Welcome to the forum. Heat treating is probably the hardest part about knife making in my books. It gets better with time.
Hi, don't let heattreating get you do too much, atleast not enough to not try it out... Just stick to 10XX steels and use warm veggie oil for the first while and you "shouldn't" break to many blades lol and hey where in the same town, if you really needed a hand I'm sure I could help you out
Welcome to the site spundj. As already said, heat treating takes some practice to get right, but it isn't that difficult. Nor does it take a ton of expensive equipment to do. On the other hand, there are a many good knifemakers who prefer to send their blades to someone else for heat treating, so don't let that hold you back.
Welcome. As mentioned, don't get too concerned about heat treating or any other aspect of knife making. Just have fun with it.
