Canadian Knifemaker Supply Ltd. :: Heat Treat Service

Heat Treating of Stainless, Tool and Most Carbon Steels - to your specs.

 

We have good news on the tool and carbon steel front.  We have a new, custom made, agitated quench tank, and are now able to do a MUCH better job on oil quench blades.  3/16 thickness has been working fine and we suspect up to 1/4" will harden as well.  The tank is MUCH deeper, so we can handle blades up to 20" long now - maybe just a tad more. 

 

As always, our stainless blade heat treat includes double foil wrap - plate quenching - cryo - double or triple temper as required to your specs - and each blade rockwell tested before it goes out the door (unless you ask us not to).

 

 You can ship your blades to

 

Canadian KnifeMaker Suppy Ltd.

33542 Rge Rd 50

RR1

Sundre, AB, T0M 1X0

 

Postal is always preferred if possible. Be sure to let us know;

When packing them, envision them being tossed around a room and pack them so they'll stay in the package - points protected - and won't get bent.

 

On the topic of 'bent' or warped, we are not equipped to straighten a blade.  It is generally unheard of for a thicker blade to warp in HT, but some deformation should be expected in thin blades - particularly 1/16 and very long 3/32.  We do our best to minimize this.  Some makers have had best results just profiling thin blades before HT and then grinding the bevels hard.   

 

We'll still process your thin blades if you like, but we are not able to guarantee the results nor replaced damaged product.  Reasons for warping can be asymmetrical grinding - excess grinding stresses - foil pack pressing against the blade, or a pre HT bend that reappears in quenching.  This happens altogether too often in long thin blades.