1095 high carbon steel carbon content.
Heat treating 1095 high carbon steel.
When the steel is at the correct temperature remove the blade from the heat source and quench in one smooth safe motion.
Do not forge below 1500 f 815 c.
When heat treating 1095 keep your quench tank close to your oven or forge.
Chemically the steel contains just carbon 90 to 1 04 percent manganese 30 to.
205 400 58 hrc.
Overall 1095 does prove to be a little more difficult to heat treat for some makers as it is hyper eutectoid and best used with an accurate means of reading temperature and a.
Average dew point 7 c 45 f.
This alloy and all our alloys have been properly annealed.
Normalized at 885 c 1625 f water quenched from 800 815 c 1475 1550 f.
Quench as quickly as possible or you will not achieve full hardness.
Despite the reduction in wear created by the high presence of carbon 1095 steel is not as tough as other types of steel due to the lower levels of manganese which serves to harden the steel.
American iron and steel institute grade 1095 steel is a high carbon simple steel.
Yet although manganese hardens steel when used in certain levels in higher levels it makes for a more brittle blade overall.
Recommended working sequence for 1095.
It added carbon creates a carbon rich martensite with plenty of free carbide for good abrasion resistance.
Temperature c f rockwell hardness hrc.
Typical hardnesses of 1095 carbon steel after tempering for 2 hours at different temperatures.