Thread: knife scaling
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Old 11-18-2013, 05:40 AM
jmccustomknives jmccustomknives is offline
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Scaling is normal during forging, however you shouldn't have that much build up during the hardening process. I suspect you are over heating the piece. Did you use the magnet? What did you quench in? During forging, while at forging temp a wire brush will remove much of the scale.
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