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What's everyone's opinion on heat treating 416 stainless steel bolsters?

 
Posted : 04/07/2023 5:52 pm
Ed Caffrey
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Heat treating 416 will increase it's "stainless factory", but like everything else we do in Bladesmithing...there's a "Give-N-Take".  What is it?  The pins.  If you heat treat bolsters, but not the pin material, the pins will stick out like a sore thumb.   On the other hand, if you heat treat the pins, it makes peening them, and blending them in very difficult.     So in this case, it's a "Pick your poison" kinda thing.   😉 

Ed Caffrey, ABS MS
"The Montana Bladesmith"
www.CaffreyKnives.net

 
Posted : 05/07/2023 8:02 am
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