In this video I heat treat two ~8” chef knives that were hand forged from 1084 high carbon steel. I did two normalization cycles, the first at 1600F and the second at 1400F. The forge temperature was monitored by a thermocouple with digital readout (Amazon product link below). I let the knives air cool to ~100F after each normalization cycle. I quenched the knives at 1425F in Parks 50 fast quench oil, that was heated to 120F. After quenching, the knives were file tested for hardness, and then tempered for two two-hour cycles at 400F.

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