[TheForge] Pure Iron

[Jerry Smith]

Because carbon steel is easier to work and has predictable results. Pure 
iron is a different animal, and requires a special touch to work with it. 
If you understand the working of iron, you can make cude steel or have a 
carbonized surface, harder for putting an edge on it, and the core or spine 
is more forgiving.

I have many other uses for iron that direct forging, but I need iron just 
the same.

Jerry

At 11:15 AM 11/7/2004, you wrote:
>             I was at several meets where the merits of “Pure Iron” as
>opposed to mild steel were touted. I even bought some and was impressed by
>the ease of forging it. One thing that puzzled me was it’s range of
>stiffness as it cooled, I was twisting a ½” and it seemed to stiffen that
>relax as it cooled (strange).
>
>             My question is this, if this material was so great and the time
>saved forging made up for the extra cost, why did we let the people selling
>it go belly up??
>
>
>
>John C.
>
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