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Sam-Stuart is correct.
I did the HT for a machine shop and normalizing was not part of the "book" for D2, equalizing was on the way up to the austenitizing temp of 1850. I made many blades out of it when I worked there and always just took it up to 1400 and then to top temp. Maybe you may have normalizing mixed up with equalizing?
I still have several blades left over from those days as many things after being laid off kept me from making knives. My D2 knives are some of the best I ever made from start to finish myself. Unfortunately I do not have the HT oven anymore. For air cooled steels I have to send them out. It does take some of the fun out of my hands.
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