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, 2022

2. Heat Treating Salt Recipies 1 2

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

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. Arc welding 6150

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

12. Spots after Etch?

    By Gazz, January 17
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    • Gazz
    • January 18

13. New quench tank for #50 1 2

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

14. Heat treating 4800KC powdered steel canister

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

15. Normalizing?

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

16. Post HT question

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

17. heat treating X50CRMOV15 wustof stainless

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

18. New Steel

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

19. Wrought Iron?

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

20. Has anyone heard from Aldo?

    By Doug Lester, July 4, 2021
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    • Don Abbott
    • May 11, 2022

21. Interesting warped sword observation

    By Guy Thomas, May 4, 2022
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    • Jeroen Zuiderwijk
    • May 9, 2022

22. Help Needed: High Temp Salt Composition and Maintenance

    By Tyler C., October 23, 2021
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    • J.Arthur Loose
    • April 9, 2022

23. Induction forge edge only ht

    By Ben Potter, April 6, 2022
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    • Ben Potter
    • April 8, 2022

24. Case hardened 1060

    By Jim Pierce, February 27, 2022
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    • Jim Pierce
    • March 5, 2022

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

    By Gayton Arrigotti, February 24, 2022
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    • Brian Dougherty
    • February 24, 2022