steveh Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 after fridays knife chat im still dazed and confused.what is the difference in the metal after the above procedures,is one softer than the other?what is the purpose of normalizing?thanks for any info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easilyconfused Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 IIRC, normalizing is a quick and simple version of annealing where the steel is heated up to/beyond non-magnetic and let to air cool by the fire or such while annealling is cooled slower allowing a better conversions of the crystalline structure, making it softer than normalizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Another way to remember may be that normalizing removes most if not all of the stresses the metal obtains as it is shaped into a blade,(or whatever) If not done ,at times those stresses can cause problems during heat treat,,,one of which is easy to see as warping,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveh Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 thanks Easilyconfused and Rich for clearing that up for me i appreciate the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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