{"id":57602,"date":"2019-06-27T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T19:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alphaknifesupply.com\/shop\/?p=57602"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:57:10","slug":"what-is-the-easiest-steel-to-heat-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphaknifesupply.com\/shop\/qa\/what-is-the-easiest-steel-to-heat-treat","title":{"rendered":"What is the easiest steel to heat treat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2> Q: &#8220;What is the best steel for knifemakers who want to do their own heat treating?&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>A: Here&#8217;s our list of the top 4 easiest blade steels to heat treat:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphaknifesupply.com\/shop\/1084-carbon-steel\">1084<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphaknifesupply.com\/shop\/15n20-carbon-steel\">15N20<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphaknifesupply.com\/shop\/8670-carbon-steel\">8670<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphaknifesupply.com\/shop\/1080-carbon-steel\">80CrV2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphaknifesupply.com\/shop\/talonite\">Talonite<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>is hard and does not require further heat treating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: &#8220;What is the best steel for knifemakers who want to do their own heat treating?&#8221; A: Here&#8217;s our list of the top 4 easiest blade steels to heat treat: 1084 15N20 8670 80CrV2 or Talonite\u00a0is hard and does not require further heat treating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3686],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the easiest steel to heat treat? 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