What happens if you don’t heat treat a knife?
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What happens if you don’t heat treat a knife?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “heat treating a knife“
About Everleigh
you always heat treat a knife to give it benefits for you & the knife …heat treating it gives it stability,strength ,sharpness it wont break as easily ….so heat treat it dang it ….
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Well, the blade steel will not be hardened. The blade wont stay straight or sharp. It will chip and bend.
Basically you’ll have a knife shaped piece of metal. Even if it is good blade steel and not hardened, its junk until then.
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Knowing that you ask too many questions that mean nothing to you, I answer this just for those who really care. If you don’t heat treat a knife, you get a well shaped, sharpened, chunk of steel that will not give you any performance quality. It will go dull in short order.
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Depending on the blade material, heat treating a blade can make that can take and hold an edge. stay sharper longer and perhaps make the blade brittle. All depends on how it is done.
Be safe.
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I think it really depends on how the knife was made. Forged by heating steel cherry red? It has got to be re-tempered. (See Mark Saiz) Made by grinding a piece of good steel into shape and polishing down with progressive’s grits of sand paper, a whetstone and stropping, It never lost its temper. I’ve made a number of knives from old machete blades, circular saw and sawzall blades. files, recycled Chef knives, etc. Sharpened to razor edge and held edge perfectly.
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If it’s medium carbon steel in the annealed condition you’ll attempt a tough cut, the knife will buckle and bend and do damage to your fingers.
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The blade will not remain sharp or straight. It is prone to chipping and bending. Essentially, you’ll have a knife-shaped metal piece. Even if the blade steel is good, it is useless until it is hardened.
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If it’s medium carbon steel in the annealed condition you’ll attempt a tough cut, the knife will buckle and bend and do damage to your fingers.
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