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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2008 3:53:39 GMT
I am looking at starting a sword project by stock removal, but I don't have an oven large enough to temper my project (when it gets to that stage). I know some send their swords out for heat-treating, but I can't find any companies nearby (in San Antonio) that will do this. I'd like to try and temper the blade in a historic manner, but I can find very little information on the methods European smiths used. Can anyone help?
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Mar 26, 2008 5:58:38 GMT
Let me know when you find out. You're better off making shorter projects you can do yourself in a home built forge - say under 500mm, and then temper in your home oven. *grrr, grumble, grumble, the bastards only bend your swords anyway, grumble, grumble grrr*
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Post by Dan Davis on Mar 26, 2008 11:45:23 GMT
I know some send their swords out for heat-treating, but I can't find any companies nearby (in San Antonio) that will do this. I'd like to try and temper the blade in a historic manner, but I can find very little information on the methods European smiths used. Can anyone help? Contact Balcones Forge and ask them.
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Post by Matt993f.o.d on Mar 27, 2008 21:23:04 GMT
"Historical" heat treating is exactly the same as "modern" heat treating, as in, the steps involved havnt changed at all!
Albeit, we now have much greater metallurgical knowledge, more complex alloy steels, fancier heat treating tools (such as electric kilns) et
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