Reeltree Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Had this old pick down in the furnace cellar since I've been here. Had to replace the water heater so I brought the pick to the shop. Tuff stuff ,,so I annealed/ buried in Ash , still was a bear to upset near the end. Came out ok for my standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 If I'm not mistaken I believe there is no need to anneal before forging. If it's hard to forge it'll just be hard to forge. Nice bickerns. I like using picks for hardy tools since it's usually decent steel for the job and close to the shape I want for certain things. If not just the nub going in the hardy hole. Plus I find them dirt cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfigler Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I believe this is correct. Annealing will help with hardness when the steel is cold as far as I have ever been taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeltree Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 As hard as it was against my hammer I figured annealing couldn't hurt so was worth a try, I quenched in oil and tempered the bend to blue and ran out the rest in straw,, collecting pieces and parts for some type of power hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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