[TheForge] Re:R/R spikes

[David E. Smucker]

Ike,  Did you temper the spike you water quenched?  I from the school of 
always temper, if you heat treat something.  With some tough alloy steels we 
get away with not tempering -- but almost all would be better if tempered.

Some folks don't temper S7 for example, just heat above critical, air quench 
and use.  It is a better tool if tempered.

Dave Smucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LrdThorolf at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:55 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re:R/R spikes


>I have done about 20 spikes and turned them into  knives. I don't  quench
> them until I am done forging them and they go red hot into a 5  gallon 
> bucket of
> old engine oil. Non synthetic. I  have hit them with a  hammer and no 
> damage.
> The only one I quenched in water I hit  it on the anvil and it shattered. 
> All
> of mine are HC marked. Put 2 spikes  through a 25 pound hammer and got 
> them
> about 1/4 inch  thick and about 14"  long. One is a dagger style and other 
> is
> single edge. Not I just got to find the  right wood for the handles.
> Ike
> Pan's Forge.
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