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Well, from what you said I gather that you have done heat treatments on knives before so why not HT your display knives? For someone who had not done heat treating before I would have said if you don't HT the blade it isn't really a knife.
A display knife is probably pretty fancy but some are merely pretty. It might be a generation or two down the line but, sooner or later, someone may very well try to use that knife. Even after I am long dead I don't want one of my knives to fail someone. How about you?
Finally, steels finish differently after they have been treated. They become more rust resistant, especially the stainless steels. Once you're set up to do it not much time is required so why not do it? If you're sending them out then it's a few dollars out of your pocket. If you aren't going to HT the blade then you might as well show your potential client a picture of what you make...
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