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  1. Thanks alot everyone for the useful info, will look into 1084
  2. Thanks alot ! Now the hard decision becomes 1084 or 0-1 which is more accepting of mistakes and more user friendly ?
  3. I plan on buying a piece of 0-1 from the new jersey steel baron, would it be fine to anneal, cut out my shape, grind, and then harden and temper? Also bought the complete modern blacksmith but wanted to start with stock removal
  4. Yea forgot anyone interested in the craft and is not a know it all should instantly be mistreated. Your all right. Congrats. This is the way to keep the art alive huh? Kill it before it ever had a chance. One of the general rules here is to treat people with respect. You asked questions, then insult the people that took time from their day to answer, because they didnt tell you what you wanted to hear. If you had read the pinned link that was posted you would see much of what you are asking has been covered. Since you will not take any of your time to read links and maybe learn for yourself, perhaps some of the more experianced people here may not feel the desire to use their time to help either. Getting rude when asking for help never helps.
  5. Dubbed mystery steel, am aware gladius is a sword but however as i said pattern in that i did not want it to flex and keep stiff. Blah blah yea i get it everyone get my XXX out to the anvil and all that. Ill go check the barnes and noble and look for some smithing books. Also need a source for high carbon steel or some o-1
  6. I said a gladius pattern. Im not going for a sword here just something to chop with. Apperciate the kind welcomes ;) oh well good to know i can put my spare hours into this project with love and thanks everyone, have been lurking for a while.
  7. Mkay then i will just remove the materials. Thanks i guess.
  8. I have already studied a nice basis and was ready to give it a go. And i mean i anneal the steal then fold over the edges and hammer them flat. Is that forge welding?
  9. Hello everyone im new to blacksmithing and this will be my first project, the materials are a old lawn mower blade i plan to do a gladius style, how should i go about making that tapered point of the style should i anneal the steel and try to use a chisel to remove the corner chunks or just fold them over and hammer them flat and i plan on quenching in veg oil and tempering in an oven at 400 f for one hour. Any tips id apperciate!
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