[WNC Goater]

I just held them @1475? for 10 minutes and quenched in 125? brine @ 10% by wt. Grabbed them both out of the oven at the same time and plunged them in. Loud and dramatic quench.
Still warm I slid a file across the edges. The heavy knife skated the blade pretty good, the thinner blade...I don't know, seemed the file tried to bite somewhat. I cannot imagine why. Maybe it's just thinner, maybe my file is extra hard. But I cannot imagine it didn't harden. I believe the laws of physics and metallurgy DEMANDS that it harden, it has no choice! Maybe I'm wrong.
Both blades are in the tempering oven and I'm holding the temperature at about 375?. I figure if they are too hard I can temper them again at 400?.
I'll sharpen the edges tonight and see what happens.
If this fails I'm at a loss and will probably have 7 feet of 1095 for sale cheap!