Blackened Axe Head Anyone?
I am refininshing an old family axe head and want to "blacken" it with a bolied linseed oil quench. I don't want to ruin the temper and am wondering if it is even possible. I was thinking I could heat...
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If you're not familiar with heat treating steels, trying to carefully bake on linseed oil may be a wee bit tricky. If you can do it in a temp. controlled oven (it will smoke!), you could theoretically...
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Like Eric says, it's possible, but use of heat risks damaging the temper. Personally I'd probably use cold rust-bluing. First you'll need to clean the head and allow it to rust thoroughly...for...
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Use tar instead of oil, it stains at much lower temperature
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Red to black odixe conversion might work for you. I've yet to start experimenting but look up slow rust bluing. Its a process of obtaining an even rust over the entire surface, and then converting to...
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