Australian Blade Ed 3 Dec 2017
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Cold Forging<br />
Article and photos by Murray Carter<br />
The term “cold forging” refers to the deformation of steel at temperatures below the recrystallization<br />
point, above which would be called hot forging. In traditional Japanese bladesmithing, blades are<br />
commonly cold forged by hammer at room temperature after annealing but before the quenching and<br />
subsequent tempering process.
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