Differential Tempering of Helms
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:40 am
Ok, just batting this idea around my head.
What if, one were to build a helm out of stainless, spring steel, or some other heat treatable material. Then we harden the helm.
Now, after hardening the thing, we use a torch to draw a temper in little circles all over the helm in a semi even pattern (Think soccer ball) We heat the little circles to the proper color and then quench the area.
Intent is to have a network of hard steel, suspending circles of softer and more ductile steel.
This is just metalurgical musing, I would like to know some of your thoughts/opinions on this. Would it be benificial, would it be dooable, would it be worth the work ect.
My armouring has mostly of given way to blacksmithing, I have seriously gotten into the fine art of hardening and drawing a temper so I am really jazzed on the subject, trying to mentally apply it to armour.
What if, one were to build a helm out of stainless, spring steel, or some other heat treatable material. Then we harden the helm.
Now, after hardening the thing, we use a torch to draw a temper in little circles all over the helm in a semi even pattern (Think soccer ball) We heat the little circles to the proper color and then quench the area.
Intent is to have a network of hard steel, suspending circles of softer and more ductile steel.
This is just metalurgical musing, I would like to know some of your thoughts/opinions on this. Would it be benificial, would it be dooable, would it be worth the work ect.
My armouring has mostly of given way to blacksmithing, I have seriously gotten into the fine art of hardening and drawing a temper so I am really jazzed on the subject, trying to mentally apply it to armour.