[TheForge] Damascus warpage and blade rivets

Mon Feb 23 08:59:01 2004

I was referring to recovering a previously warped blade.

> Mike,
>     Unfortunatley, that would require that I know which way it is going to
warp
> before the quench.
>
> I think the normalizing idea sounds the most reasonable.  I'll try that
next
> time.
>
> Danr Katlasmi�r
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>
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>
>
> Quoting Mike McKim <[email protected]>:
>
> > Can it be manually warped in the opposite direction in an equal degree
while
> > hot. Upon quenching in water the cooling induced warp would cancel out?
> >
> >
> > > ****This is where it warps*****
> > > 4. Harden (heat to orange and quench in water)
> > >    ****This is where it warps*****
> >
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