wolfshieldrx Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Was forging a "D" style fire-steel and broke one of the handle off. So...popped it back in the forge and this crawled out: Coil spring of unknown lineage, braided leather wrap (my first). Tempered in water with a thin film of oil on top. Dont know what i'll use it for. Wife says its cute! Go figure... Comments welcome...bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Tempered in water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Yes. Oil didnt seem to get it very hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Water doesn't get hot enough to temper any steel, it boils off at 212, only under high pressure can it get any hotter??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 The reasion for my question is that tempering is the second (kind of) part of the heat treating process. Heatin to critical temp and quenching is the first part (kind of) and it makes the steel really hard and prone to failure if not taken down into a less hard state. That part is the tempering part. We may indeed be talking about the same thing but a common language will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmHorus Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I really like the wrap job you did for the handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Sorry. Meant to say hardened in water. I then tempered edge to bronze. Thanks ro looking. Bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh thanks! Closeup of wrap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golgotha forge & anvil Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I think it's "cute" too!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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