12-13-2013, 02:43 PM
Quote:Yep ones the the best things one can do is to basically hammer ever inch of a bit of armour...Best graph I know of is the one in Knight and the Blast Furnace.
I saw this graph, too. But the author, A. Williams, rather makes in this book and other articles the point that quenching above all can increase hardness, but that its real value seemed to be little understood until the late MA. Were the Celts and Romans aware of the advantages of quenching and tempering?
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)
