Metallurgy and other enigmas

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1. junkyard steel facts 1 2

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

2. Heat Treating Salt Recipies 1 2

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

3. cracks from water quench?

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

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

   By Charles dP, July 29, 2017   

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   • Doug Lester
   • March 17, 2021

5. tripple quenching vs tripple normalising

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

6. Official ASTM Railroad Spike Composition and Headstamps

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

7. Structure Of Martensite 1 2

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

8. Pre-Quench Soak at Critical or No?

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

9. 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

10. Vanadium

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

11. New Steel

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

12. Wrought Iron?

    By Gazz, May 24
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    • Gazz
    • July 16

13. Has anyone heard from Aldo?

    By Doug Lester, July 4, 2021
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    • Don Abbott
    • May 11

14. Interesting warped sword observation

    By Guy Thomas, May 4
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    • Jeroen Zuiderwijk
    • May 9

15. New quench tank for #50 1 2

    By Aaron Gouge, May 3
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    • Aaron Gouge
    • May 6

16. Help Needed: High Temp Salt Composition and Maintenance

    By Tyler C., October 23, 2021
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    • J.Arthur Loose
    • April 9

17. Induction forge edge only ht

    By Ben Potter, April 6
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    • Ben Potter
    • April 8

18. Case hardened 1060

    By Jim Pierce, February 27
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    • Jim Pierce
    • March 5

19. Is there a difference between a laminated blade and a forge welded blade ?

    By Gayton Arrigotti, February 24
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    • Brian Dougherty
    • February 24

20. Wootz steel blade

    By Matias Brustle, October 12, 2021
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    • Alan Longmire
    • February 24

21. A few AEB-L question

    By Aiden CC, January 24
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    • Aiden CC
    • February 24

22. fuel spark-ology?

    By J.Leon_Szesny, January 25
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    • Brian Dougherty
    • January 25

23. destructive test of a forge weld

    By Jeff Amundson, January 15
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    • Gerald Boggs
    • January 15

24. Molten lead bath

    By jake pogrebinsky, December 31, 2021
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • January 3

25. Dual Phase Heat Treatment and Knives?

    By Aiden CC, November 23, 2021
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    • Alan Longmire
    • December 2, 2021