Metallurgy and other enigmas

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

   By Charles du Preez, July 29, 2017   

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   • Charles du Preez
   • July 29, 2017

2. junkyard steel facts

   By Matt Bower, September 24, 2009
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   • James Spurgeon
   • December 31, 2015

3. Official ASTM Railroad Spike Composition and Headstamps

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

4. tripple quenching vs tripple normalising

   By owen bush, December 3, 2008
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   • Richard Furrer
   • May 27, 2015

5. Structure Of Martensite

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

6. Heat Treating Salt Recipies

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   By j. walters, October 26, 2006
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   • Gyuri
   • January 5, 2015

7. Pre-Quench Soak at Critical or No?

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

8. Inducing positive curvature (upward sori) in a shinogi-zukuri katana using OIL

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

9. cracks from water quench?

   By Luke Shearer, July 18, 2011
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   • jake cleland
   • July 22, 2011

10. Vanadium

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

11. Calculating CCT/TTT diagrams

    By kb0fhp, October 4, 2007
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    • Bertie le Roux
    • June 21, 2011

12. Great dissertation on heat treating basics

    By Karl B. Andersen, March 8, 2008
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    • Bennett
    • November 29, 2008

13. Greatly silly question. Steel-odor

    By Vern Wimmer, Tuesday at 09:15 PM
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    • Charles du Preez
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14. quench, temper and cerakote question

    By wendal, April 20
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    • Zeb Camper
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15. Getting into Metallography

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    By Aiden CC, February 23
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16. nickel carbon stop

    By Dan P., March 18
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • March 30

17. 5160 ripples

    By Chad Frickr, January 27
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • March 7

18. Warping issues

    By H Seidel, March 6
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    • H Seidel
    • March 7

19. Richtig Knife

    By Del Stubbs, February 26   

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    • Del Stubbs
    • February 26

20. Shear Steel Files?

    By jake cleland, February 19
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    • Richard Furrer
    • February 23

21. 5160-52100 differentially water quenched..

    By Theodore An., February 8   

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    • Jerrod Miller
    • February 17

22. Hamons

    By Jesse Danielson, February 8
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    • Alan Longmire
    • February 8

23. water quench additives

    By Zeb Camper, January 27
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    • Zeb Camper
    • January 30

24. What is this?

    By Jeremy Blohm, December 23, 2017
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    • Dan Bourlotos
    • December 28, 2017

25. Can you normalize too much?

    By Mike Sheffield, December 22, 2017
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    • Mike Sheffield
    • December 23, 2017