From: Joe Shannon (fordpart@bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 05:54:13 PDT
I have seen knives made like this from steel cable.
Everette wrote:
> Esteemed listers::
>
> I have question regarding welding discussion -- I do not remember what the
> process is called but I do recall that if you place two or more pieces of
> steel together and repeatedly hammer them they will weld themselves
> together.
>
> Something about realigning the molecules of the steel. Seems like some
> older shotgun barrels were made by this process if memory serves me. They
> would withstand black powder, but not smokeless.
>
> Sort of like how today's coins are made?? And does our military use this
> process in any way?
>
> Everette
>
> Still around the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate. Though
> I have often passed them by, a day will come, when I shall take, the hidden
> paths that run west of the moon and east of the sun.
>
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