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Harden it yourself, not difficult, depending on what type of steel you're using.

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Mild Steel requires case hardening, cannot be hardened by heating to red hot and quenching.

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Casenite.

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Yep, exactly. It raises the carbon content of the mild steel from around <0.1%*** carbon content which is non hardenable to >0.4%*** where the steel becomes hardenable. However, it is only a shallow hardened layer, hence the term "case hardening". Naturally, depth of the case depends on the temperature of the steel exposed to the carbon rich medium and time of exposure. Longer/hotter = deeper case hardening. The carbon atoms diffuse into the steel grain structure, which obviously takes time to happen. After exposure to "Casenite" the steel is quenched and if required, tempered.

*** Rough numbers.

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I was making a lathe tool recently, picked up my tin of Kasenite, and the bottom fell off the tin What a friggin' mess it made, it was like clearing up a bucket of soot Considering there's a lot of cyanide in it, I wore gloves and didn't breathe too deeply

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Should've bought one of those screwdrivers I posted.
I've been using mine for the past two days to dismantle a wall. Excellent multitool & hard as you need for anything. JB

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Yep, sounds about right

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In the USA, we have "Cherry Red." Same stuff probably but only good for about .001" case depth. A hard surface isn't worth shit if the metal under it deforms. And chances are that you'll lose your carbon layer to scale anyway if you try to add more heat. I have yet to try to forge it in, in larger quantities. Perhaps a blade making forum has done so but anyone making blades will likely be using proper steel anyway.

The only place I've found good use for it is stuff that doesn't see much abuse, like a homemade pivot/thrust bushing for a shift pedal or brake pedal. It's fine just to add a little more wear resistance on the surface of such a thing.

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