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Services and more...
HEAT
TREATING & TEMPERING BLADES
We offer the service of heat treating and tempering
of handmade blades in our shop. This service is scheduled
for every Tuesday (except on major holidays, in which
case it will be done on the nearest full workday). Usually
all blades are shipped out on the following Monday.
We can do almost any air hardening material as long
as we have the instructions or the customer sends them
with the blades ( see
helpful hints below ). Blades must be
in our shop by Monday at 5:00 PM.
Our intent is to give the customer a hard and tough
blade that they will be happy with. We use custom built
electric furnaces with digital controls. All air-hardening
blades are double wrapped in stainless foil which eliminates
most of the scale usually encountered in heat treating
these items. The small amount of scale or discoloration
is usually easily buffed off, but occasionally more
scale is encountered and heavier buffing is required.
Stock removal is hardly ever required. Our intent is
to temper the blades to a Rockwell “C” hardness of 58
or 59. Folder springs will be tempered to 43-45 Rockwell
“C” unless otherwise requested. We heat treat and temper
only air quenchable steels such as 440C, 440V, 154CM,
ATS34, D2, A2, etc.
CAT. NO.
( HTT1-7 ) Heat Treating & Tempering.
1-7 blades under 10” in overall length.$5.50
each
( HTT8 or more) Heat Treating & Tempering on 8 or more
blades under 10” overall length.$4.95
each
( HTT>10" ) Heat Treating & Tempering. Max. overall
length of 20”. $10.00 each
( HTTVAS) Heat Treating & Tempering of VASCOWEAR & CRUWEAR.
$10.00 each
( HTTSP ) Heat Treating & Tempering of Folder Springs
and Rockers. $4.00 each
S30V Blades Heat Treating and Tempering $20.00
each
Please
fill out our Heat
treat and Cryo-form.
{Call for pricing over 20”
and other Exotic Steels}
 Helpful Hints To Our Heat Treat Customers
To help ensure that we can offer the best and quickest service possible, we have some hints for you. Because we use atmospheric ovens and must wrap all the blades to protect them from discoloring and scaling, you can do some things to help keep your blades clean. Cleaning the blades with a good dish soap (Ivory, Dawn, etc.) will remove any oils or buffing residue and may help the blades come out cleaner. Also, do not put tape directly on the blade. Wrap several layers of newspaper and tape the outside.
In regards to warpage, it is a good idea, when possible, to leave blades slightly oversized so in the very rare case of non-correctable warpage, material can be removed. Some factors that affect warpage are hollow ground edges, blades that are tapered in length, very thin blades, and blades that are not ground symmetrically. We endeavor to provide fast, professional, and friendly service and we view it as our honor that you choose us for such an important part of your knife making needs.
SUBZERO QUENCH ( -305F )
We are offering Deep Cryogenic Tempering to blades along with our normal heat treating and tempering. This will add one day to the usual heat treating and tempering sequence. This service is also available for our factory finished blades. Deep Cryogenic Tempering is a one-time process that removes all of the retained austensite (large unstable particles of carbon carbide) from the steel and transforms it to martinsite. Edge holding properties are greatly enhanced by this process. When adding this service to heat treating & tempering, blades will be shipped out on Tuesday of the following week.
CAT. NO.
( SUBZO ) Deep Cryogenic Tempering ... $4.00 each
( SUBZOR ) Deep Cryogenic Tempering Gun Barrel ... Call for price
OUR GUARANTEE
We make every possible effort to give each blade the best combination of hardness and toughness that we can through the proper use of our equipment. However, if a blade is damaged due to our handling or equipment malfunction, our liability is limited to the replacement of an equal amount of the same steel used in the damaged item. Any further responsibility will not be accepted nor will we be responsible for warpage due to unequal grinding of the blade or item. We also reserve the right to refuse any blade that could have serious heat treating or warpage problems we could not correct. Please check blades with a magnet if you are unsure of stainless properties. Nonmagnetic stainless steel does not harden.
OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR BLADES
Please fill out our Heat treat and Cryo-form located Here. Maximum overall length is 20”. Do not attach anything to blade that will melt below 2500 degrees F. Blades must be completely degreased. Please mark all blades. Please do not use Duct-tape on blades, but protect blade points from damage during shipping to us. For shipping and handling information, please see Heat treat and Cryo-form.
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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
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How
do I pay with PayPal? To send us payment
using Paypal you need to go to www.paypal.com
and login to your personal account. Select send
money. When you are asked for recipient's email,
then enter our PayPal email address sales@texasknife.com
along with the total amount you will be paying.
If you have any further questions please call us
toll free at 888-461-8632 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
888-461-8632 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
- What
is Cryogenic Quenching? In
this process, the steel is frozen to a temperature
below 300 degrees fahrenheit and tempered. After the
Cryogenic process there is a permanent change in the
metal grain structure eliminating impurities (retained
Austenite) and a complete refinement of the grain
structure of the steel. Cryogenic quenching results
in an improvement in wear resistance and toughness
resulting in greater edge holding.
- Does
Cryogenic Quenching make the blade harder to sharpen
or finish? No.
There might be a slight change in hardness, but sharpening
and other work on the blade will be the same.
- Are
your blades heat treated, tempered and ready to use?
Yes.
All of our blades are sharpened, heat treated and
tempered.
- What
are scales, blocks, pieces and cylinders?
Scales
are the handle material on each side of full tang
and folding knives. Our standard dimensions are: 1-1/2"
wide x 5" long. The thickness varies. Pieces
are larger dimension handle material. Our standard
dimensions are: 5" wide x 12" long. The thickness
varies. Blocks are handle materials used on
hidden tang knives. Our standard dimensions are: 1-1/2"
wide x 1-1/8" thick x 5" long.
- What
if the holes in the blade are a little bit larger
than the pins I want to use? You
can use a little bit smaller pin diameter than the
hole in the blade because the epoxy will fill the
rest of the hole.
- How do I
play a DVD on my computer? The DVD's for
sale on this site are coded Region 1, meant for use
in Region 1 DVD players. To play DVD's on your computer,
you will need to download and install a third party
DVD decoder. One option is the VLC media player (found
at www.videolan.org);
a free, open source, cross-platform media player for
Windows, OSX, and Linux.
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