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| Keywords: Tempering standards used in blacksmithing.JPG en These tempering standards were cut from the same stock of carbon-steel flatbar They measure 1/2 wide by 2 long The one on the left has been normalized and sandblasted to provide a diffuse surface for better photographing The piece second-from-the-left is untempered quenched-steel also sandblasted to remove any oxidation The rest have also been quenched and sandblasted but then tempered to their corresponding temperature for around an hour each to thoroughly soak the metal in the heat Tempering standards are often used by blacksmiths to compare to work being tempered ensuring that the work is tempered to the right temperature Tempering colors may appear different in different forms of lighting or at different angles For instance to get good color-rendering these needed to be photographed in the diffuse continuous-spectrum light of a cloudy day 2012-03-03 own Zaereth cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Heat treatment Temper colors | ||||
