Channel: Gough Custom
Category: Education
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Description: THIS PROCESS CAN BE DANGEROUS! WEAR GAUNTLETS, SAFETY GOGGLES AND AN APRON AT ALL TIMES! Heat-treating a knife blade is actually quite simple, if you just follow 'the recipe'. There's lots of overly-complicated recipes floating around, so I thought I would show you a method that I've used and proven for O1 tool steel. Here's a list of tools that you'll need: O1 Tool Steel: amzn.to/1vF0nSo Channel Locks: amzn.to/1DiN9vw Bernzomatic MAPP torch: amzn.to/1wiHkvS Canola Oil (get 3 or 4): amzn.to/1tzQGEF Quenching container: amzn.to/1sXnsNX Leather gloves: amzn.to/1wdYb0R Safety goggles: amzn.to/1FcU7UA 2 Brick forge instructions: bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/920120-Virtual-BBQ-2-Brick-Forge-WIP (K23 firebricks for 2 brick forge, you can get these cheaper locally): amzn.to/1waUvhl PLEASE NOTE: Doing things of this nature can be extremely dangerous. Use common sense and take every safety precaution to make sure you're not injured.