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I would buy one too - and I don't mean steal it via the Pirate Bay. As a matter of fact, that's one book we'd add into the store in a heartbeat. Hope it has a chapter on "troubleshooting". :les:
I think we need a book called something like Metallurgy for Knife Makers by Kevin Cashen. Just a thought.
Doug
.... Hope it has a chapter on "troubleshooting". :les:
Kevin...
just to make sure I am with ya...
Normalizing is used to get the stress out of the steel from forging or a missed heat treat?
....Hope this helps
It still amazes me that people insist that a forged blade records a history of every hammer blow that is struck and every heat it's taken to. If that were true then you couldn't relieve stress and you couldn't correct grain growth. They also tend to resent anyone trying to confuse the argument with facts. At the last knife show that I attended I sat next to a stock removal man who insisted that the above was true and further stated that he's seen forged knives that you could tell where the steel was struck with a hammer. No wonder beginners have problems separating the facts from the BS that abounds out there.
Doug
It still amazes me that people insist that a forged blade records a history of every hammer blow that is struck and every heat it's taken to. If that were true then you couldn't relieve stress and you couldn't correct grain growth. They also tend to resent anyone trying to confuse the argument with facts. At the last knife show that I attended I sat next to a stock removal man who insisted that the above was true and further stated that he's seen forged knives that you could tell where the steel was struck with a hammer. No wonder beginners have problems separating the facts from the BS that abounds out there.
Doug
I too am amazed at the amount of misinformation on this subject. That is why I value Mr. Cashens info. so much. I honestly believe that he would never pass on info. that he doesn't truly believe and can't back up with facts.
Thank you for taking the time to write these heat treating posts and for letting us tap into your knowledge and experience. You mentioned that annealed stock can benefit from normalizing. What about CPM or particle steels?
Kevin,
I am still using homemade lump charcoal for my heating and it works pretty good for...
Any tips/suggestions for those of us normalizing it old school?