Bluing / Blackening of steel - Fit and Finish - Bladesmith's Forum …
Jan 30, 2021 · He talks about "bluing salts" at some point, perhaps in another video.. I don't remember. Anyone able to explain the ingredients of this "goop"? Sincerely, Alveprins.
Canterbury knife (was Osmund knife) - Show and Tell
Aug 17, 2023 · It's made it waterproof using a goop recipe recommended to me (beeswax/boiled lineseed oil/gum turpentine). I happened to already have those ingredients. It has quite a …
Recommendations for minimising decarb - Bladesmith's Forum …
Oct 5, 2011 · I want to harden some small things with a lot of surface detail. Probably made from W2. Can you guess what I'm thinking of? I guess that avoiding decarb would be greated …
Quenched with Rutlands asking advice - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Oct 29, 2012 · The goop helped me from spilling transmission fluid and /or other oils all over the place but that's as far as it goes. I'll get a better edge quench without it. I will re-do this piece, …
Quench Tank Ideas - Hot Work - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Apr 26, 2016 · You do not want to quench the handle tangs, so an edge quench in the goop with the handle tangs hanging down might work. IF you use a steel that hardens well in goop, …
Cutlers resin - Fit and Finish - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Nov 2, 2023 · If you get a good goop in the inside, it will never come off. Apparently they had glue like that in the Bronze age. It can get wet, but if you let it soak, it will come apart. The …
Issues forge welding - Hot Work - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Mar 16, 2022 · Are you using flux? Is the smoke/goop from the MIG welder getting in between the layers? Finally, how hard are you hitting it to set the weld? If you're using flux and smacking it …
BLO vs RLO? - Fit and Finish - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Mar 15, 2022 · Just an aside- tung oil is in the same boat. Most of what is available is mixed with BLO and has drying agents. You can still get raw tung, you just need to search it out. So yeah, …
problems quenching into hot canola oil (400F).
May 26, 2014 · This weekend, I finally hardened a messer blade of 1075 I've been working on. I have a temperature controlled heat-treating furnace (a home-made vertical 2 burner furnace …
Edge Quench or Soft-back Draw? - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Sep 2, 2007 · What I have use to edge quench is a roasting pan filled with my version of Goddard's Goop. Its a mixture of pan drippings, vegetable oil, old candles, and a little parrafin.