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It is interesting to me too. I find it a romantic notion (in a good way) that a smith could be expert enough to intuitively know when the steel was heated to the correct temperature by eye. I know...

This brings to mind something I read in a book called "Hatcher's Notebook." Major General Julian Hatcher was in the ordinance dept for much of his career and wrote many articles in The American...

The age of the steel will have no bearing in terms of degrading over time. The original composition of the alloy and the heat treating and tempering will remain unless the blade is overheated when...