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Old 12-22-2003, 10:19 AM
Bearman Knives Bearman Knives is offline
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Thanks guys.

Max,
When you say 'sprung' do you mean when the leaf spring has failed and lost it's 'springyness'?

Changing the subject a little guys, I've had a short leaf in a camp fire in my garden several times now. We build a fire and sit around with a beer - you know, I've been just throwing it in and leaving it there ( it's the shortest leaf from a heavy duty spring, it's about 9 inches long 2 inches wide and a 1/4 thick). It gets to a dull yellow heat and eventually disappears into the base of the fire.
Anyway, I must have done this a dozen times by now, do you think it would be okay to forge this leaf or would it have lost too much carbon as a result of multiple heatings?

Thanks,

Bear


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