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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...
[quote name='Richard Marchand' date='10 March 2012 - 10:44 AM' timestamp='1331394279' post='3793'] Keep in mind that everytime you perform this test...
[quote name='James Cook' date='29 February 2012 - 06:45 AM' timestamp='1330515925' post='3594'] I will be showing acid engraving this spring. Aci...
The closest thing to “hamon†in English would be “differential hardening lineâ€, but it is more often inaccurately referred to as a “temper l...
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 ...
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...
[quote name='Nick Wheeler' date='09 February 2012 - 09:38 AM' timestamp='1328798332' post='3256'] Hi Guys and Gals Just wanted to drop...
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...
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...
[quote name='Danny Ray' date='24 January 2012 - 09:37 AM' timestamp='1327415846' post='3065'] considering buying one. can anyone give me some feedba...
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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...