11-18-2013, 12:56 AM
Thanks...Oh wait, WHA?! lol
No worries Dave. I believe the gentleman that sold it to me at the metal yard, said it was either high carbon. I have bad memory but I wouldn't have bought anything suspecting.
Now I shall explain. I heated it to the point where the metal changed color. It never glowed, and I used my stove. ( take off the flame cover and you have a gas torch ) So, it only made a nice sizzle when quenched, which I did twice. And after each time I tapped it with a tap hammer to make sure it would not snap on me. Yesterday I studied about heating and hardening steel. As it become harder and have less plastic, it becomes more brittle. When heated to a glow and slowly cooled, steel holds a higher bending capability.
I did this mostly for the rust proof factor.
If you suggest that I heat it again, and let it slowly cool ( even though it never glowed) I shall eagerly take your advice!
and the leather....1 sec don't hang up,
No worries Dave. I believe the gentleman that sold it to me at the metal yard, said it was either high carbon. I have bad memory but I wouldn't have bought anything suspecting.
Now I shall explain. I heated it to the point where the metal changed color. It never glowed, and I used my stove. ( take off the flame cover and you have a gas torch ) So, it only made a nice sizzle when quenched, which I did twice. And after each time I tapped it with a tap hammer to make sure it would not snap on me. Yesterday I studied about heating and hardening steel. As it become harder and have less plastic, it becomes more brittle. When heated to a glow and slowly cooled, steel holds a higher bending capability.
I did this mostly for the rust proof factor.
If you suggest that I heat it again, and let it slowly cool ( even though it never glowed) I shall eagerly take your advice!
and the leather....1 sec don't hang up,
Samuel J.
