Looking back on my records it's been 2 years since I made my first knife. To date I've made 80+ and have them in 10 different states. Stainless steel has been on my mind for a while and the time has come. I've been wanting to do it and with orders and hesitation it hasn't happened. I have 2 blanks cut and ground ready to be heat treated and tempered from 14C28N Stainless Steel. Heat treat is about the same as 1095 high carbon, only it has a higher more critical temp and a soak time at that temp. Quenching is where the differences start. It can be oil quenched but it's not recommended unless you use a very specific oil. So I'm going to do a plate quench, how this works is to sandwich the hot blade between 2 pieces of aluminum until it gets to room temp or around 70 degrees. The plates should be at least 7/16" thick, I happened to have some 1/2" so I cut it up to use. A side benefit of quenching between the plate is there will be no warping. After the quench the blades will be cryo treated, they will go into the deep freeze anywhere from 2-20 hours. Coming out of cryo they go straight into the tempering oven for a 2 hour cycle. I'm hoping everything works and turns out as the 14C28N is 3x the cost of 1095. We have plans for today and I don't think I'll have the time so Saturday is the day.