![Variable temper question - did I ruin my heat treat? (first knife, leaf spring, stock removal) : r/Bladesmith Variable temper question - did I ruin my heat treat? (first knife, leaf spring, stock removal) : r/Bladesmith](https://i.imgur.com/nDXAYWd.jpg)
Variable temper question - did I ruin my heat treat? (first knife, leaf spring, stock removal) : r/Bladesmith
![This is what a hard blade is supposed to look like after heat treat. This steel is 80crv2. Notice the carbon scale peeling off the knife blade. : r/knifemaking This is what a hard blade is supposed to look like after heat treat. This steel is 80crv2. Notice the carbon scale peeling off the knife blade. : r/knifemaking](https://preview.redd.it/c5mwioam9n721.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3a90a11c66744145024ef648caf0d1f681bb51a3)
This is what a hard blade is supposed to look like after heat treat. This steel is 80crv2. Notice the carbon scale peeling off the knife blade. : r/knifemaking
Can a blade that has been hardened, be reforged into something else, or does the heat treat essentially stop any chance of that? - Quora
![I break every blade I heat treat to check the grain. And I've seen a few people asking about grain structure on knives. This is an example of a good heat treat : I break every blade I heat treat to check the grain. And I've seen a few people asking about grain structure on knives. This is an example of a good heat treat :](https://i.redd.it/i-break-every-blade-i-heat-treat-to-check-the-grain-and-ive-v0-79eag86j3j3c1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=212055b3f75e6e8ccec44baf592c6c4a6d6cdbd0)
I break every blade I heat treat to check the grain. And I've seen a few people asking about grain structure on knives. This is an example of a good heat treat :
![Heat treating knife with a torch. Lovely colors. Oil quenched 1075 steel. - Anthony Hager | Lovely colors, Heat treating, Beautiful colors Heat treating knife with a torch. Lovely colors. Oil quenched 1075 steel. - Anthony Hager | Lovely colors, Heat treating, Beautiful colors](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/ff/bc/30ffbc5c8712af7b9df18d93162901d0.jpg)