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I have no qualms whatsoever about using O1 in a forge. Can you bring out the best it has to offer? NO and you can't with any other steel either in a forge.(what's the temp?) Personally I think O1 is quite forgeable and the sweet spot HT temp is 1475. It should be held there for 10-15 minutes, but you do not have a HT oven. Forge will have to do. O1 is as good as 1084 in a forge. I use 1084 hardly at all, but I do use O1. Learn your temperature colors and read up on O1. I was a heat treater at a machinist shop and am very familiar with 1475 degree temp and color, O1 is resistant to being overheated, but will over heat so be careful. It is superior to 1084.
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Now it says Guru and it used to say Master. I think I like Master better, though skilled would be the best description
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