Here ya go Davy.......with thanks to W. Ben Hunt http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/tutorials/_pewter.htmlDavy said:Speaking of ... does anyone have a tutorial on making poured pewter bolsters handy to post for us less fortunates? :hmm: :grin:
Davy
n ohio said:Pichou TRY reading the link before you give one of your wise-ass answers. The researcher in my link specifically says there, that he believes all 57 knives in his study were (although some were listed as steel by others) IRON not steel, so he meant iron.
I gave the link to the Michigan stuff because it's decent photos of knives.I did'nt know they had to meet your approval.
A couple of notes:They ran into at least the 1800's, but were replaced as time passed by crucible steel produced by the Huntsman process, which was developed in the 1700's. (And later by the Bessemer or Kelly process in the 1850's/1860's.)I want to say around 1760/1770, but the reference materials are at home. Producing blister steel was a solid state process - producing crucible steel required that the charge be melted in a refractory crucible.
crockett said:Well this bring up a question- is there any sources of wrought iron- for pc bolsters, pins, etc?
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