Tempering

by **Gear Head** » 3 Jan 2006 22:25

My teacher makes swords, I am just heasitent to say I am a swordsmith as I lack experience. We did general blacksmithing. We make anything.

by **Gear Head** » 3 Jan 2006 22:27

Like anything, but no ferrier work as it normally gives you a pretty bad back, I can make the prettiest horseshoe you have ever seen, but I can't put it on a horse. :wink:

by **Shrub** » 3 Jan 2006 22:27

I know someone in passing who makes japanese swords but replicas of old ones, i sold him my forge as i didnt use it anymore.
I knew someone who used to make new ones for scottish dancing as well but he died of a brain tumour.
Some very nice work in swords.

by **Gear Head** » 3 Jan 2006 22:30

We had a chick back out of a deal for a damascus nodachi, which would have been $9,000. With swords or atleast our setup, its more of a pride thing, they are awesome, and possibly the pinicle of smithing, but you make as much off of anything else.

by **Shrub** » 3 Jan 2006 22:37

Well thats the reason youve been taught to quick quench, a sword has a lot of work in it and a lot of work hardening and stresses, a sudden lasting dunk into water or even just cold oil for that matter could shatter it into many pieces, ive seen this happen on a sword that was 3 weeks in the making and it was a saddening sight.

Ive heard that the old masters in japan used to spend a lifetime making a sword and then the only way to test it was to go and cut somones head off.

by **Gear Head** » 3 Jan 2006 22:41

And if its the wrong angle of cutting, the sword will wrap up

Some swords had blood counts, as they cut through a pile of people to judge it. There was one sword that had a engraving on the tang it went through 5 people, 8 inches into sand mount underneath. Crazy stuff. Tempering with water on low carbon steel from that time period would have broken half the swords, bear in mind they also covered their blades in clay to zone temper, which cut down on alot of the breaking, they left the edge exposed but had little lines down the cutting edge to help keep it from breaking, my teacher did that with a wakizashi and he said its no fun. :roll:

by **Gear Head** » 3 Jan 2006 22:44

My teacher's teacher owns a business that just tempers for all the people that grind their own blades. He sends back quite a few in half, but he has seen some crazy designes, someone made a axe that looked like a butterfly on a flower.

by **Shrub** » 3 Jan 2006 22:45

Yes i remember now, its coming back to me a bit what i was told about the manufactureing process of them and yes i had also forgotten that they used to see how many people they would go through in one swipe to test them lol nutters

by **Gear Head** » 3 Jan 2006 22:46

I can't speel or tipe today.

by **Shrub** » 3 Jan 2006 22:48

welcome o my world, im permiantley like that.

by **Gear Head** » 3 Jan 2006 22:50

by **Shrub** » 3 Jan 2006 22:51

Stick your area on your profile so in future the others know where your from, they will only ask you anyway and it saves time and fuss :wink:

by **Gear Head** » 3 Jan 2006 22:53

No sweat, thanks.

by **Shrub** » 3 Jan 2006 22:54

No worries mate, it just helps when/if you start asking things that involve where you live like where can you buy such a such etc. welcome to the forum.

by **alberty** » 17 Mar 2006 4:24

yesterday, i trempe all my tools, then i test all.
all are brake! ! !

now i must make another :cry:

i think, i 'll by one, it will better for my psychologie.

after the time i passed to make my tools, it makes me creasy to break them.

RIP to my home tools. :cry:

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