[TheForge] Hammer heat treating/stainless coloration

[Jerry Frost]

There are a number of people who do just that but 
mostly in the name of tradition or period methods.

My take is it's adding a couple failure modes (Two 
largish forge welds that'll be under constant stress in 
use) to the project without additional benefit. Unless 
I was commissioned to do so, I'd rather make a second 
hammer from modern steel in case one breaks.

Frosty
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From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at yahoo.com>


> How 'bout oven tempering and getting your 
> "progressive
> temper" (or toughness, actually) from layered steels:
> mild around the eye, with tool steel faces.  A 
> variant
> of the approach used in colonial times for putting a
> bit (cutting edge) in a wrought iron axe head.
> Bruce
> NJ
>