[TheForge] Scale

Tue Jun 18 22:56:01 2002

Dip the face of the hammer, not the whole hammer head.  The steel face of 
the hammer won't soak up enough water to affect the handle. <grin>

Dave Brown

At 12:07 06/19/02 +0930, you wrote:
>I dip my loosest hammers in the tub to get them to tighten up a little, the
>wood seems to dry out and shrink, but thats only every week or so, you might
>be right about dipping every few minutes
><snip>
> > don't know if I would do this with my favorite hammer, could be hard on
>the
> > handle in the long run and cause it to loosen up.
> >
> > Rich Herman
> > Rosemount, MN
> >
> > >I'm curious how everyone deals with scale?
> > >I've got a couple of problems with it that I find irritating.
> > >  ...(snip)...
> > >I've heard some bladesmiths use water on the anvil to blast the scale off
> > as
> > >they're working.
> > >Anyone ever tried it?
> > >
> > >Bob
> >
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