Metallurgy For Bladesmiths

[arian]

I posted this earlier (http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38568) in the Resources section, but it seems appropriate here:

Here's a pdf file (~8 MB) entitled "Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmiths & Others Who Heat Treat & Forge Steel" by John Verhoeven, who's an Emeritus Professor at Iowa State University:

http://www.feine-klingen.de/PDFs/verhoeven.pdf

Danzo added:

This is Professor Verhoeven:

http://www.mse.iastate.edu/who-we-are/people/emeritus-professors/john-verhoeven.html

At the very bottom under 'Links' there are some fascinating articles on damascus and a very interesting paper on knife sharpening.



Regards
arian

[Charlton_boy]

Excellent, this has just saved me a few hours on my assignment! Many thanks!!

[coreysmith]

brilliant link!