[TheForge] forging titanium

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

William:
I think it depends on the alloy. Some military and aircraft alloys are 
tough  at forging heat and when they hit the phase change...pow...they 
will bounce your hammer right back up into your forehead. ..Pete

Quenchcrack's heat-treat treatment on Iforgeiron is spiffy!

Nite all.........PF

William Futer wrote:

>At the last demo I picked up some pieces of titanium to try to forge.  I got advice that I would only get 2 hits per heat and maybe damaging my anvil.  The odd thing is the metal worked as easily as pure iron.  
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>So with that in mind what kind of titanium might I have, and also I have been challenged to make a knife out of it.  What precautions and heat treat if necessary is required by this weird metal???
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>Bill
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