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Old 05-06-2016, 09:45 AM
Tai Google Tai Google is offline
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5160 is a bit harder to forge weld than say 1075, but far from impossible with a conventional coal, charcoal or gas forge. The temptation is to get it hotter, but that usually ends up burning it. What you need to do is take many numerous low temperature welding heats and use fairly light hammer blows. In fact, I do the vast majority of the forging, fluxed (with borax) and at a low forge welding heat.

On any of these all steel wrap around hawks, it's also a good idea to forge braze them at the eye. This is something I started doing a long time ago, because there is always a bit of an incomplete weld at the eye to blade transition area. If done right, the brazing adds a lot of strength to that area.


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Last edited by Tai Google; 05-06-2016 at 12:47 PM.
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