Thread: Steel Ordering
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Old 04-18-2017, 07:01 AM
Gabriel G Gabriel G is offline
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Originally Posted by Crex View Post
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?
Temp control right now is mystery. Forge works well and is efficient but needs a few mods like a better more variable air supply than a hair dryer....also needs a couple grooves cut out to allow for longer stock to pass through.

Hammer control is a matter of time and patience. Striking while hot, consistent even blows moving the piece around and not the hammer. Sound right?

On heat treatment I have much to learn. My last blade made it through with no burns to the steel but was difficult to get to critical throughout the edge
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