I bought my A2 from the same guy that sells him his. That's how I got in touch with him in the first place. I told him I was heating the steel to 1850 degrees and tempering at 400. He said I might as well just sit it on the dash of my truck. I had to go to 1900 and 500 degrees. This I did. No problem. He also told me they have taught small children, like 8 years old, to make perfectly functional knives. Humbling! He told me I should pack my blades in dry ice as well. After the first tempering. Like the vikings burying their blades in the permafrost for a year to harden them. I never did any cryo. I got a lot of information.
