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Gab - focus on heat and hammer control if you intend to stay with forging your blades. Large scaling flakes and dings are all due to these factors. Right now you're working too hard with too many variables in the mix. If you cannot control your heats in your forge you will not be able to heattreat the steel regardless of which one you use with any consistent quality results. Also work on your hammer control, in using thicker steel you are making yourself hit harder to reduce = poor control in a beginner, thus the dings. Go to lighter hammers with well formed faces and learn to hit flatter where needed. These skills come with time/practice, but will make all the diff in your final results.
Wish you lived closer, be glad to coach you a little. It's fun backyard science when it all comes together.
Ever get any feed back from the NC Guild?
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Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith
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Knifemakers Guild, voting member
Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts
C Rex Custom Knives
Blade Show Table 6-H
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