[TheForge] More Museum Madness

[Phil]

I used to work at the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation, and I never saw an example of an original
striker that was "steeled".

--- "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> What makes them think that an item this small was
> "steeled"?  Do they have 
> an example or are they bull shiting you.  (Think
> they know what they are 
> talking about but don't)  Old drawknifes where
> steeled by forging two equal 
> sized pieces together and then forging on the
> diamond.  This gave a taper 
> section to the blade that was a steel edge and an
> iron back.  The tangs were 
> all iron.  This might work for your striker.  Most
> likely I think (don't 
> have an example that I can show you.) that strikers
> may have been made from 
> old files -- the whole tool would have been steel.
> 
> Dave
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:46 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] More Museum Madness
> 
> 
> Thanks for everyone's tips on dealing with the
> museum.  Here's a new twist. 
> I submitted a steel flint striker to the education
> department there and got 
> an interesting response.  "It looks very good, but
> is it all steel or irone 
> with a steeled edge?     Actually, I made the whole
> thing from 1045, with 
> max hardness (About R50C) on the striking edge and
> straw tempered 
> elsewhere). I thought it was pretty good, but they
> insist that even so amll 
> an item as a striker should be steeled. This from
> the organization that 
> sells machined scissors stamped "CHINA" in its
> crafts center as colonial 
> reproductions. But they are buying and i am selling
> ,SO just to humor them I 
> said I woulod look into steeling the edge, but can't
> find out anythng 
> specific about the process.
> 
> The business ende of this item is about 3/16 x 3/8 x
> 3 1/2, one of the long 
> edges being the striking surface.  Couple of
> questions:
> 
> Would I split the thin edge to insert the steel or
> fold the piece  over the 
> steel?
> 
> What combination of mild and high carbon steels can
> I reasonbly expect to 
> forge weld in this configuration, and are there any
> special problems, other 
> than the obvious mechanical ones of  size that i
> need to look out for.  I am 
> willing to do this by trial and error, but would
> refer whatever guidance I 
> can scare up.
> 
> Thanks.
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