Kevin R. Cashen
Kevin R. Cashen
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Recommended Working Sequence For 1084

Steve, you have already made your job fairly easy by choosing 1084, it opens up about the widest windows and margins for error for the beginner. Ther...

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Heat Treating 1084

[quote name='Richard Marchand' date='10 March 2012 - 10:44 AM' timestamp='1331394279' post='3793'] Keep in mind that everytime you perform this test...

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Spring Piney Woods Hammer In

[quote name='James Cook' date='29 February 2012 - 06:45 AM' timestamp='1330515925' post='3594'] I will be showing acid engraving this spring. Aci...

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Quenching, Tempering And Straightening During A Temper.

The closest thing to “hamon” in English would be “differential hardening line”, but it is more often inaccurately referred to as a “temper l...

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Hello Everyone

Dwane, thank you so much for the kind words and the wonderful feedback, I find it very rewarding to be able to help others advance in this craft that ...

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Blade Forging Temperatures/colors

All the quotes of my work is fine, it justifies the reason I have been typing all these years so that one day I may not have to type as much . But al...

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Hello Folks

[quote name='Nick Wheeler' date='09 February 2012 - 09:38 AM' timestamp='1328798332' post='3256'] Hi Guys and Gals Just wanted to drop...

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Heat Treating 1084

Josh, what is the method you are using to determine hardness? This is not to question the method but to help in narrowing the possible problems based...

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Question About The Max Hardness Of Different Steels.

Zach, you will find such numbers in the ASM "Heat Treaters Guide", you can also find charts which include a curve of maximum hardness based upon carbo...

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Portable Rockwell Tester?

[quote name='Danny Ray' date='24 January 2012 - 09:37 AM' timestamp='1327415846' post='3065'] considering buying one. can anyone give me some feedba...

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An Introduction...

Hello Dylan, Dan sent me a note bringing your question to my attention, if there are ny specific concerns regarding 5160 that I can help you with feel...

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Sword Blade Hardness: A Look At The Current Research...

[quote name='Mike Krall' date='21 December 2011 - 10:46 PM' timestamp='1324525579' post='2892'] My link Not much on Catalan Hearth but leads in...

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Sword Blade Hardness: A Look At The Current Research...

I think, in a way we are a victim of our own technology. Many would think that I am a technology junky, but that is not true at all; I often regret t...

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Sword Blade Hardness: A Look At The Current Research...

On the other hand there were many innovations in the west that put them on an entirely other level of swordmaking as well, but the due credit is yet a...

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Sword Blade Hardness: A Look At The Current Research...

The problem with ancient steel making in the west vs. the east is that Europeans tended to be too pragmatic for their own good when it came to recordi...

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