Just an idle question

[DC]

I know that to harden carbon steel you have to heat it to non magnetic and then quench it. What happens if you heat a normalised piece of carbon steel to straw coloured and then quench it. Anything at all or would it still be as soft as ever?

[TRiggs]

It won't harden, 1095 needs to be heated to over 1400 degrees then oil quenched before it will harden so a straw color is not hot enough. After hardening you can temper it to a straw color if you know what your doing.