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Higgy; With this sucky weather I still haven't made it to the junkyard and the guy that I know that works on the dock got hurt and wil be out of work for months. Still have the boatyard a couple of towns over that has it but he wants top $$$$$.
 
Higgy,I contacted these guys back in December.They are willing to sell any quantity.Shipping will be a B!**@H,though.I am going to place a smallish order and see what their stuff is like. - Stacy
 
Just a question for all you Iron "experts" I have some cast Iron (I know they are because they break) sash weights from the windows I am replacing in my 1929 vintage house and am wondering if the cast iron can be worked for dimascus, guards, etc? or worked (wrought)...

Thanks!

Mike
 
Tarl_Cabot said:
Just a question for all you Iron "experts" I have some cast Iron (I know they are because they break) sash weights from the windows I am replacing in my 1929 vintage house and am wondering if the cast iron can be worked for dimascus, guards, etc? or worked (wrought)...

Thanks!

Mike
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I've never tried it, Mike. I've often wondered myself if a piece of cast could be heated and hammered down into a more-refined state. This is probably a good question for Mete, but if I had to take a stab at it I would say the composition of the iron in cast is a lot different from that of wrought.

GOOD GOSH! This stuff is fascinating, huh? :) I never tire of it.
 
:D You got it Hig!

It was fascinating to break one of those sash weights in half and eyeball the pretty grain, a very bright silver color! If nothing else I'll bet I can saw them into chunks and make bolsters/guards for bowies (should be "period correct" I think to use cast iron in this manner).

I was also wondering if they would make good "iron" for use in making dimascus...
 
If it's cast iron, it probably has 3%? carbon? This will make it too brittle for knives and probably guards too. Wrought iron is "pure" iron, very little or no carbon, with slag inclusions that give it the texture.
 
I think Bruce Evans told me that you could put some into a billet and it gives a nice contrast and I heard the same with WI. :D
 
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