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butted armor IS strong. chainmail was meant to stop a sword from cutting the body via slashes, even riveted and welded mail would be defeated by a piercing weapon such as a spear. ps. theringlord.com although in Canada " shipping is usually pricey" makes excellent rings especially mild steel, and stainless.

i have also heard the vitamin e thing. It worked ok for some of the other scars i've had. as for not ive been keeping the burn covered with neosporin. seems to be healing nicely (pussing quite a bit) but healing

some one noted lavender oil before. does any one else have ointments, tinctures, or otherwise cures for burns/ scaring. i don't need another huge scar on my face!

i had the compressor already, i am looking into an electric blower, or maybe going realy rustic and making a huge belows!

yeah idk how it got behind them

i was drawing out a 1" x1" square stock to fit in hardy hole and a large flake of fire scale landed right on the side of my nose and welded itself to my skin. i guess im pretty lucky that thats my worst burn.

I use an air compressor on my coal forge and it works great. A simple plumbing valve allows me to control pressure. I don’t know how it would work with several forges thou.

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i have little to no experience with welding, but my view is you only have one set of eyes. the extra mony is worth it if your going to be welding even occasionally.

for the record bamboo is techicaly a grass. i love it thou!

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thanks, but im far from forging a sword, (thanks for the encouragement thou). i had just heard that s7 was really tough and was wondering . :)

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ive heard that coil springs are mostly 9260, and leaf springs 5160. I have no proof, but i was told this by a blacksmith with WAY more experience than I. Since im still green, i would take every thing i have to say with a grain of salt. 9260 is a Silicon, Manganese steel the only other experience i have with this steel is the katana i own from maru katana nothing else to compare it to thou as its the only sword i own. ps. Grain of salt : )

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i know that s7 is a tough steel. would it be sutible for a sword?

was looking at s7 for a knife blade, ive read that its crazy tough but will not hold an edge to well. since its an air hardening steel if its lightly quenched in oil will it harden up past 57rc or just shatter?

I'm a bit confused on this matter, when steel is melted does it not it revert back to iron? how would this process be done. I am familiar with lost wax castings, but not with steel. (jodysamson.com/axes.htm) these are some beautiful axes and i would like to try casting steel into forms like these!

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i have been trying to weld some cable together, to say the least i am having a very hard time. Ive only been able to weld a small part of the cable (using 20 mule team borax) and it seemed as if it were only partly welded. i see you mentioned unwinding it and cleaning it up, i will try that. Ive also seen a video on you tube where a guy melts some kind of metal in a crucible and dips the cable in it before welding it? just wondering about that technique and what type of metal it was. (YouTube - Cable forging 002)

some good places to check are junk yards, truck repair shops. I have gotten some springs for free at repair shops. (just ask nicely, they usually throw the old ones away or sell them cheep to junk yards) . Another note 5160 would be an excellent choice for steel very resilient and will hold a nice edge

an old friend of mine used leaf springs for tamahawks. I know its not the same thing, but he says b/c they flex the hawk wont break. this would also be a usefull quality for throwing knifes.

very true. ive just started blacksmithing and i have 200lb of what i belive is anthracite, It does take a while to get going. Ive melted plenty of projects with it, so it definitly works.