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Grayshadow95 you can make some great knives with the D-2 you have on hand. As for the stainless steel foil. You can buy a 5 foot roll for 30 bucks from Texas knives that will heat treat 7-10 blades.
Be sure to double fold the edges of the foil to prevent any oxygen from entering the package.
Place your D-2 in the foil package and heat to 1850 degrees and hold at that temperature for about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and plate quench and apply pressure to the top plate by leaning on it to prevent any chance of the blade warping for 30 seconds. You can get good results from the steel plates by freezing them in your home freezer for 24 hours prior to using them. Pull them out of the freezer about 3-4 minutes before you pull the D-2 blade from the oven.
The blade should be close to room temperature in about 5 minutes. Put in oven for a snap quench at 350 degrees for about one hour while your kiln comes down from the 1850 degree temp. Cool the blade to room temp and place in the kiln and quench at 400 degrees for 2 hours. Remove and allow to cool to room temp again and do another 2 hour quench at 400 degrees. Allow to cool and I will be surprised if you do not end up with a blade at 59-60 RC on hardness.
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