Burnt Chisel question
Kevin French
>I found what looks to be a brand new 'Swiss Made' 7/14 gouge. The edge is burnt back an 1/8". Short off grinding it off is there any other way of gettitng rid of the burn?
Burnt Chisel question
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Ernie Miller
>have you tried to sharpen it to see if it lost it's temper? Black sounds more like a carbon thing if it were blue then it would be a temper thing. could some one have been using it to hold somthing why they heated it and not even messed with the temper?
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bill tindal, E.TN
>It is doubtful that the hardness has been affected back 1/8". Just because the surface has been overheated (or maybe not as Ernie suggested) it does not necessarily mean the interior was as hot. Sharpen and give it a try.