Any swordsmiths out there?

[JBeukema]

How hot do your coals get? I'm asking because I want to make a Katana and I need to know how hot the steel needs to be to lose its strength so I can fold and hammer it 1000 times...

 

[dilloduck]

bellows until it bends

 

[JBeukema]

Yea, but about how hot will that be?

I mean... even jet fuel can't soften steel when it burns, so how on earth can coals?

You see, they never made swords int he 1700s! It's a conspiracy!

 

[JBeukema]

I think it's been proven now that it's impossible to make a sword.

 

[Gamolon]

I think it's been proven now that it's impossible to make a sword.

Hmmm.

HowStuffWorks "How Sword Making Works"

Steel becomes red hot around 1200 to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit (649 to 816 degrees Celsius) and glows orange at about 1800 F (982 C). Most steel alloys should be worked somewhere within this range. If the steel is cooler and appears bluish in color, it can be shattered by the hammering. Conversely, the steel should not be heated any higher than 1800 F (982 C) unless specified by the alloy's use guidelines.

Uh oh. I thought steel didn't lose it's strength until 2700F?!?!? How can steel be malleable at temps of 1200F and 1500F?!?!?!?!?

9/11 inside job??? Yoohoo???? Got an answer genius?

Wait. Let me guess. Sword makers were in on 9/11 way back when right?



Nice point JBeukema.