HEAT TREAT DAY!! sharing a few tips and tricks ! Love the new EVEN HEAT!!

absolutely love this new even heat kiln! saving me so much time getting big batches of blades heat treated!

[@journeytoreturn3432]

Thank you for showing us the whole process, it helps a lot especially the 7-8 second quenching with canola oil. 🙏🏽

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Thanks for watching!

[@Harkonan11]

Getting ready to heat treat my first knife this weekend with a homemade oven. Thanks for the tips. I really like your knives.

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

O awesome!! Good luck!!!

[@lindboknifeandtool]

How’s the home made oven going? I was considering going that route but was worried about precision.

[@garetkonigsfeld2]

I've never seen this display in action. im jealous. Mine has the old red led. Numbers, and it only shows 1 action at a time in the display. Can't complain too much. It's been a great kilm. Thanks for sharing 👍.

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

That tap controller is sweet! I wonder if you can upgrade to it? 🤔

[@sikamoreify]

Another great process video. I've learned that the most common place I pick up warps is right at the junction at the tip of the handle that goes into the oil late, or sometimes not at all. I recently upgraded my quench tank to a vertical 2.5L stainless steel milk tank so I can hopefully get all the blades, even the larger ones entirely submerged right away without having to fiddle around with it, plus have some room to oscillate them around a little which I've heard helps. I was using a stainless steel sheetrock mud tray which worked decent but I could never get the entire blade in there fast enough and then I had gotten one of those ammo containers from Harbor Freight like yours and mine was leaking so I just cleaned it out and used it to save handle scale cutoffs to use as inserts on some multi-piece scales I want to explore soon. Keep up the great work!

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Very good call ! This little tank works ok I also have one of the giant ammo cans for bigger blades!

[@kennethrutledge9222]

Hey partner,, thanks so much for your time and dedication to putting out great, no I’d say the best videos for actually benefiting us who are trying to get to your level of craftsmanship in the knife making venture!! Believe me , we’re thankful!! All I have is a one burner forge that I built , and it does ok for high carbon blades but that’s about it!! I really need to up my game to include more steels , stainless and tool steels but since I just got my 2x72 , it’ll be a while before I can get an evenheat like yours !! My problem is warpage !! I use my vice and 1/2 in dowel pins to deal with the crooks and bends !! I have a question if you got time , sorry for the long text, after heating them in the forge and tempering the final step, does it change the hardness of the finished blade , to add heat to help in the straightening process?? I just use a small propane bottle but I don’t know the temp of the flame. It doesn’t seem to change the sound of the file sound when running it across the blade!! Again , sorry for the long text !! Thank you

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Aslong as the shim temper isn’t over the initial temper temperature your fine!

[@Anderson-HandForged]

matt i ordered the LB 22.5 with quiet drive SSR , and tap control december 11th 2022 and it was delivered this past monday 2/6/23.i still cant believe how fast it came .,especilly when website said 24 week turn around . i ordered from kiln frog. i have alot to learn with this oven but im gonna love it . much better than my homemade oven which works great.😀 its my new tempering oven now i guess lol hope you do another build along Mark😀

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Perfect setup! You will love that! I should of got the quiet relay!

[@likeamike]

Does your have coils in the back? We ordered ours at the same exact time basically. Mine was ordered Dec 5th,2022 and it came 2/7/23. I ordered safety shut off and it didn't come with that and no coils in the rear. Wondering if ours got mixed up

[@Anderson-HandForged]

@@likeamike no coils in back only on the sides and mine came with shut off switch im sure they will make good on your switch good luck

[@Tinkering902]

A few things I noticed, isnt it bad to let it cool too much before tempering? Like below 120f I heard is not good. And doing multiple blades you are letting them soak a long time, isn't that bad for decarbonization?

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

I don’t have any issues with either of those things

[@richardbranton190]

Thanks for the info I just purchased an oven at blade show for some reason. I just felt left out because everyone has one 😂

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Awesome! Which one did you go with?

[@richardbranton190]

@@gentrycustomknives8008 I got the hot shot 18in. I wanted the evenheat but everyone that has this one loves it

[@lindboknifeandtool]

A preheat temp hold apparently reduces the chances of warping. Do you have a sub zero setup. I’m probably going to go with dry ice and isopropyl. Have an LB 18 on the way.

[@zacharykirby6248]

Great video! Just subbed. About to buy 1 of these for my business. After you quench, do you clean off the blade before you temper? Ive heard the oils from the quench can effect the temper if you dont. Just curious if this is a myth or not. Thanks!

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Nah that won’t affect temper

[@cameltj908]

the solid state relay responds to temp changes like every second or less.. vs the other relays

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Good to know! Thank you

[@SCB1993]

I'm curious, do you not run normalizing cycles on your blades before quenching? Even though I pretty much only do stock removal I always run 3 thermal cycles to relieve any internal stresses and shrink the grain.

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

So I don’t with my normal steel blades, I do on my Damascus though. I’ve talked to a few people about this and have come to the conclusion that it’s kind of a waste of time with most stock removal blades.

[@virtualvegan7376]

@@gentrycustomknives8008 can you elaborate on this Matt? I'm curious to know how you came to that conclusion.

[@zedrx1490]

Do you have a video showing the tempering after you heat treat? Curious about your method.

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

I don’t believe I do

[@zedrx1490]

@@gentrycustomknives8008 what do you do to temper?

[@coldwind]

How much does your Evenheat unit effect your electric bill? Would like to get one, but it seems like it would cost an arm and a leg to run.

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Almost not noticeable in the bill. I do big batches at a time ( 25 knives) so it only runs for one day a month roughly

[@73FORGE]

Yea I tried to do 9 blades one time and spent way to much time shim tempering, less learned 👍🏼🍺

[@73FORGE]

Lesson learned! Sorry fat thumbs

[@blacksteel2434]

Why did you heat treat before grinding the bevels? I am confused wouldn't the bevel grinding after the heat treat ruin the heat treat?

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Not if you keep the blade cool during grinding

[@dudleymoe1]

hEAT TREATING 1095 AND 1084. Do I let my oven reach temp before putting the blades in for heat treat? +

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

I let it get to temp before putting blades in

[@vensheaalara]

Hey can we see some more of the karambit?

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Totally! You can also check out my Instagram for more pics!

[@dominicdwk]

How did you develop your customer base?

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Primarily through social media . Making knives and sharing photos!

[@trainwon5699]

Is your oven a 110 or 220 volts? Thanks

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Mine is the 220v one

[@dominicdwk]

What thickness of stock do you use for your chef knives?

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Around .100

[@alchemyblades]

what were you heat treating with before the evenheat oven?

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

A propane forge

[@alchemyblades]

@@gentrycustomknives8008 thanks man, I’m in good company then!

[@bkohn]

We both have a very similar set up. -New Jersey Steel Barron / Alabama Damascus steels -parks 50 in an ammo can -aluminum plates after quench The only thing I’m missing is that Even Heat! I’m still trying to get by with heat treating out of my forge. I also had a heat treat day today and now I’m left shin tempering more then half of my batch.

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Dang!!! Well so far I’m extremely pleased with this oven! Took almost 10 weeks to receive it but well worth the wait!!

[@mrsensable]

Get an amount can that's 24" high. Do you preheat oil? Temp?

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

I make sure the oil is around 100 degrees

[@mrsensable]

I used a very large amo can and installed a 120v water heater element and inkbird temp control. Works well and safe

[@mrsensable]

Good shows sir.

[@cyberickus]

What size is your oven.

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Lb 22.5

[@Markdoubts]

Are you in Michigan?

[@gentrycustomknives8008]

Yes!