Heat treating 14C28N

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[@robthompson8285]

14c28n was originally designed for razors and shaving blades so it can hold an incredibly sharp edge at low degrees. Very underrated steel. Excellent knife btw, love the spine.

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thank you yeah I never used the steel before but I think I’m gonna continue playing around with it here in there. It’s super cheap. I got over a 6 foot long piece 2 inches wide or 30 bucks no shipping costs because it’s right down the street from me.

[@NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY]

That came out really well man, great job sharpening btw!

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thank you and i love love the strop and spray!!

[@spencersmith5329]

All that sharpening is so much work, definitely seems like it’s worth it tho!

[@AaronJohnson1979]

I only got to sharpen that much because it’s the first time it’s ever been sharpened. I don’t bring the edge together on the belt grinder i bring it together on the stones so the first time is a lot of work.

[@kaleoariola]

Nice knife and impressive sharpening!

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thank you, this 14c28n gets very sharp!

[@knifesharpeningnorway]

Damn that looks sweeeet!!! And your Sharpening skills are better than mine mate you are officially the master ❤

[@AaronJohnson1979]

No, not even close well maybe right now because I have 10 fingers lol

[@knifesharpeningnorway]

​@@AaronJohnson1979haha i at least have 3 legs 😅🤣

[@PappaPassTheHBK]

I love how effortless this has become for you. Another masterclass and stellar knife. Love it.

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thanks buddy I appreciate it

[@paulkozowyk]

Nice knife! I just bought some 14c28n steel, so nice to see your process before I get started. Quick question though: isn’t the 16,000 grit shapton stone something like 0.9 microns? Do you notice a difference going to the strop after? I go from a 6000 grit shapton to a strop, but have debated the 16000 stone instead of a strop (because I do a lot of wood carving, and micro-convex bevels from a soft strop are the enemy!) cheers!

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@paulkozowyk well for me it depends on what kind of steel we’re talking about, I would never even use the 16,000 on something like magnacut or one of those high vanadium steel they’re way too hard to polish, something like AEBL or 14 C 28N they can take a very high polish. They are pretty simple steels fine structure. Go to knife sharpening Norway channel and he has a lot on what you’re talking about here he likes to de burr on a high grit stone, but only strops at a high angle very lightly just to add a little toughness because he sharpens it and a very low angle, which you have to take into consideration, also what your angle is, me personally I like to finish off with Northwest knife guys strop with his diamond spray no matter what stone I use to me. It just seems to clean it up even a little bit more but the green aluminum oxide compound on a leather strap will only ruin a 16,000 gritstone from Shapton the diamond spray though seems to keep it crisp.

[@knifesharpeningnorway]

Im sorry i dont know much about wood carving tools. But i would absolutely for a more precise cut go for a fine stone than a strop. Also de burring edge leading and edge sideways can help also

[@paulkozowyk]

@@AaronJohnson1979 thanks!

[@mikafoxx2717]

Sister in law? That is the torture test!

[@AaronJohnson1979]

One thing is for sure this is no torture test vid

[@mikafoxx2717]

@@AaronJohnson1979 Would love to see one in the future with that metal though. You do a fantastic job with pretty much every heat treat from what I've seen.

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@mikafoxx2717 well thank you and the video right after this one I did torture test the steel and it did great! heat treating is one of my favorite parts of knife make for some reason lol it’s a fun I enjoy it and glad I can share

[@Unclelarry766abc]

Where can I pick up that stropping tool?

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@Unclelarry766abc go to “Northwest knife guy” his KZbin channel there he has links to buy the strops and they are amazing

[@thysvorster8960]

Mate. What was your. Temp on quench and holding time. In kiln. Tx

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@thysvorster8960 go to two minutes into the video and I show I’m at 1940 Fahrenheit 10 minutes hold time. And that’s because I didn’t cro-treat it, I just just used my home freezer. That’s why it’s a lower temperature.. if you are actually going to use liquid nitrogen or even dry ice mixed slurry in kerosene you could raise the temperature to 1975 Fahrenheit