I'm doing some initial tests with Nitre Bluing. Quite interesting technique to get more controlled and even temper colors on steel. Instead of heat and oxygen from the air, you use a molten nitrate/nitrite salt bath which both crates an even heat and provides oxygen to oxidize the surface. I hope to make a video on the subject soon.
I have been a bit distracted lately, first by our local newspaper running a story on my blacksmithing adventures and today I was on a live interview with TV4, one of our national TV broadcasting networks. Holy cow, that was nerve wracking. The clip is in Swedish sadly, but you get the idea :)
Torbjörn Åhman
I'm doing some initial tests with Nitre Bluing. Quite interesting technique to get more controlled and even temper colors on steel. Instead of heat and oxygen from the air, you use a molten nitrate/nitrite salt bath which both crates an even heat and provides oxygen to oxidize the surface.
I hope to make a video on the subject soon.
#metalworking #nitreblue #heattreating #moltensalt
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Torbjörn Åhman
A couple of weeks ago I visited @nilsogren in his workshop where we forged a pretty nice axe. Here is a link to his video!
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Torbjörn Åhman
I have been a bit distracted lately, first by our local newspaper running a story on my blacksmithing adventures and today I was on a live interview with TV4, one of our national TV broadcasting networks.
Holy cow, that was nerve wracking.
The clip is in Swedish sadly, but you get the idea :)
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