Alabama Damascus heat treating

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lickskilletlab
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Alabama Damascus heat treating

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Anyone out there heat treating Alabama Damascus with a kiln? I can't seem to get consistent results . What's your recipe? Thanks
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lickskilletlab wrote:Anyone out there heat treating Alabama Damascus with a kiln? I can't seem to get consistent results . What's your recipe? Thanks
I am not doing any heat treating except trying to treat myself to avoid heat stroke. I can't help you, but welcome to the Forum.
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Welcome to AAPK! ::tu::
I don't have any way to heat treat in my shop.
I know several guys who will do it, so I just pay them to do the heat treating.
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1500 for 10 minutes soak
Quench in fast oil

Temper 375
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I just did a few Alabama Damascus blades.

1500 deg F. and held for 2 min. and then immediately quenched in peanut oil. Temper at 400 deg F. 1 hr x 2.

This is my first try at this but what I found as a decent method through various searches.

Here is what they look like out of the quench after a little steel wool cleaning.

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