Ed

With all due respect… you are full of it, or more precisely …you clearly don’t have a clue, the temps and process you cite are proof of that.

The heat treatment of steel is well understood by many that practice the art.

Faking true case hardening with the judicious application of a torch and some cold blues or Tincture of benzoin is kinda like restoring the Mona Lisa with crayons.

Mike

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