> From: Nate Ledbetter <ltdomer98@...>Did you serve with a friend of mine Mark Trantham perchance?
>
> How'd the computer know that I'm a captain in the US
> Army, have served in the 7th Cavalry (TWICE), and my
> name is NATHAN??
> From: Nate Ledbetter <ltdomer98@...>Sounds like a great show. Being high carbon won't make a blade brittle, its the tempering that does that. Whenever I need studs for my milling machine I always use drill rod, being about a 3rd or more stronger than mild steel in its untempered state. I'm away from my Machinery's Handbook so I can't give exact numbers!
> Subject: RE: RE: Sharpness in soul or in the steel?
>
> I haven't seen the show, but several on this site who
> have and know what they are talking about said it
> wasn't the greatest--highly suspect information. The
> 2-hour show was much better, and had our own Tony
> Bryant as a source.
>
>__________________________________
> > From: Nate Ledbetter <ltdomer98@...>
> >
> > How'd the computer know that I'm a captain in the
> US
> > Army, have served in the 7th Cavalry (TWICE), and
> my
> > name is NATHAN??
>
> Did you serve with a friend of mine Mark Trantham
> perchance?
> > From: Nate Ledbetter <ltdomer98@...>
> > Subject: RE: RE: Sharpness in soul or in the
> steel?
> >
> > I haven't seen the show, but several on this site
> who
> > have and know what they are talking about said it
> > wasn't the greatest--highly suspect information.
> The
> > 2-hour show was much better, and had our own Tony
> > Bryant as a source.
> >
> Sounds like a great show. Being high carbon won't
> make a blade brittle, its the tempering that does
> that. Whenever I need studs for my milling machine I
> always use drill rod, being about a 3rd or more
> stronger than mild steel in its untempered state.
> I'm away from my Machinery's Handbook so I can't
> give exact numbers!
>
> Jim Eckman
>