Subject: Re: Tool Steel - "packing the edge"

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 18:57:32 -0400

To All,
Packing the edge of a blade is pure crap. The original idea was was to seal
the pores in the metal. Baloney! Just tippy-tapping on the edge of the blade
does nothing but hurt. In order for anything to happen one must deform the
material and that means all the way through the thickness. Has any one heard
the term "strike while the iron is hot!" Yes this does apply more to wrought
iron than anything but high carbon steels get fussy when they lose their
color.

Hochewa

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:19:47 -0600

>iron than anything but high carbon steels get fussy when they lose their

Where is archie when we need him?

Bob