[TheForge] to heat treat or not to heat treat... that is my question.

[Jason Nass]

Just finished up an anvil bick of 4140. I'm not overly familiar with using
it for tools, so I am undecided whether to heat treat it and risk it being
to brittle to deal with impact, or just leave it normalized. I'd imagine
that being it is a high strength alloy, it should hold up to having hot
steel hammered around it, especially being as I ain't gonna be using no 12#
sledges on it. What thoughts might you metallurgist types have on the
matter?

Jason Nass - MacTalis Ironworks
me at wargoth.com