[TheForge] chinese ASOs

[Gladish Family]

If it has to go over critical to be brazed, why couldn't it be hardened
(Quenched) on the way down?
What would that do to the brazing? Brass softens in a quench, so it wouldn't
get brittle or anything...
Andy

> >Seems to me ( whadaino ), the heat required to effect change
> would un-braze
> >the steel plate.?
>
> It's close -- a lot of brass alloys melt at ~1700F. If the plate hits
> critical at 1500 F and
> the control is reallllly good.....might work.
>
> Ryan Johnson melts silver into depressions on tomahawks and can
> heat treat
> them and I'm about to try the same on a dagger with a delaimination
> ....we'll see.
>
> Steve