Metallurgy and other enigmas

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1. Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmiths & Others who Heat Treat and Forge Steel

   By Charles dP, July 29, 2017   

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   • David Weaver
   • September 27

2. Temper Embrittlement 1 2

   By Jerrod Miller, January 8, 2021   

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   • Jerrod Miller
   • May 5

3. junkyard steel facts 1 2

   By Matt Bower, September 24, 2009
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   • Doug Lester
   • June 30, 2022

4. Heat Treating Salt Recipies 1 2

   By j. walters, October 26, 2006
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   • Dick Sexstone
   • May 28, 2022

5. cracks from water quench?

   By Luke Shearer, July 18, 2011
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   • Wick Ellerbe
   • April 22, 2021

6. tripple quenching vs tripple normalising

   By owen bush, December 3, 2008
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   • Richard A. (Woody) Hanson
   • January 29, 2019

7. Official ASTM Railroad Spike Composition and Headstamps

   By James Spurgeon, December 30, 2015
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   • Austin_Lyles
   • December 30, 2015

8. Structure Of Martensite 1 2

   By Harper John, June 10, 2009
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   • John Page
   • January 19, 2015

9. Pre-Quench Soak at Critical or No?

   By Dave Stephens, July 29, 2012
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   • Jan Ysselstein
   • June 24, 2014

10. Inducing positive curvature (upward sori) in a shinogi-zukuri katana using OIL 1 2 3

    By Jesus Hernandez, March 10, 2012
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    • dustin reagan
    • December 5, 2012

11. Vanadium

    By Jeremy Vaught, September 18, 2008
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    • Bertie le Roux
    • June 21, 2011

12. Comparing 26c3 to 125cr1

    By David Weaver, October 13
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    • David Weaver
    • October 13

13. Thought I might just put this here…

    By Charles dP, September 26
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • September 26

14. Need help heat treating 130CrV3

    By Mikkel Hollnagel, January 25, 2021
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    • David Weaver
    • September 21

15. Identifying high P iron/sourcing modern high P feedstock?

    By Aiden CC, March 7
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    • Aiden CC
    • March 11

16. scources for coppermascus

    By J.Leon_Szesny, February 18
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    • HSJackson
    • February 21

17. Arc welding 6150

    By Matt Walker, January 17
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    • Matt Walker
    • January 21

18. Spots after Etch?

    By Gazz, January 17
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    • Gazz
    • January 18

19. New quench tank for #50 1 2

    By Aaron Gouge, May 3, 2022
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    • Eric Niefert
    • November 2, 2022

20. Heat treating 4800KC powdered steel canister

    By Eric Niefert, October 31, 2022
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    • Eric Niefert
    • November 2, 2022

21. Normalizing?

    By Gayton Arrigotti, October 18, 2022
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    • Gayton Arrigotti
    • October 19, 2022

22. Post HT question

    By Garry Keown, October 13, 2022
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    • Garry Keown
    • October 14, 2022

23. heat treating X50CRMOV15 wustof stainless

    By matt trout, October 1, 2022
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    • Gerhard Gerber
    • October 4, 2022

24. New Steel

    By Bill Schmalhofer, July 14, 2022
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    • Daniel Cauble
    • August 1, 2022

25. Wrought Iron?

    By Gazz, May 24, 2022
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    • Gazz
    • July 16, 2022