[TheForge] RE: Putting some blue color in iron

Fri Mar 15 00:13:01 2002

Harry,

If you temper it in an oven and bring it up to temp real slow you should be
able to get the color you want. Then just turn off the oven and let it cool
down on it's own. This should give you a deep color.

BTW: Has anything been happening on the list that I should know about? I've
been gone for two months doing some CAD work. I have a friend that details
structural steel and needed help on a big project. It was kind of
interesting, but after detailing two hundred or so beams and their clips I
could see that this wasn't likely to be a full time interest for me. It was
nice to have some cash flow  during my slow time of the year.  I did manage
to put together a new gas forge (BAM workshop) which I used for the first
time today. It took forever to get up to temp,   but once there did a fine
job.

Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo

----- Original Message -----
From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
To: "the forge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:49 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Putting some blue color in iron

> One of my clients wants me to put some blue color in the chain I am making
> for him to match some other material he has.  I have tried heating till I
> see the blue color and then quenching in oil, but the color mostly goes
away
> by the time the piece cools.  What is the secret to getting a real nice
blue
> that I have seen on some knives etc, should I be quenching in some magic
> brew or or or?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Harry Foster
> Rusty Dog Forge
> http://pages.infinit.net/rustydog/home.htm