Search:

If you want to thin .25 down to the thickness of a knife, by hammering at room temperature, you're still going to bust your elbow. And possibly your anvil. And while the steel will be soft when you...

Btw, the term 'cold forging' is also commonly used to indicate forging close to but not quite cherry red, which is of course differente from room temperature..
Additionally, and very important: the...

+1.

And it also does depend a lot on the steel. I would not do this with alloyed tool steel because work hardening will cause it to crack.
It will also take ages to get anything done. You can...

Me too. Especially with Damascus or any type of layered steel, I only hammer at yellow or bright orange, and return to the fire as soon as it goes below orange.