[TheForge] More Museum Madness

[Grant Marcoux]

I don't think these were steeled at all.  The reference for these would be
"Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men"  by Russell.  Grant

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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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