Hardness vs performance

[Edgepal]

This is my chopper. It is made from hard steel blacksmiths use when they change horseshoes. It was so had that i broke of - you can se where this blade are repaired. This was made around 1970 if I remember correct.

I ask a old blacksmith to repaire it - and he did. He also water hardened the edge - and olik hardened he neck - and after that it have been in use during many deccades.

Close to the handle can you se small marks on the neck. That marks was made by the blacksmith during the oil hardening process to find out the best functional hardness (softness).

The combination of hard edge and "soft" neck have work very well for me.

Other thing...
I have, during 2017 untill 31 of January been treted against cancer. thevtreatment is now done and I mist wait until the beginning of 2020 to find out if the treatment was sucsessfull. I have decided at is is Sveaskolan allready.
The treatment and the medication was hard, I lost all energy and power - but now I feel that both energy and power slowly are comming back. This was the reason that I have not percipitate here so much.

Thomas