This steel hot works like a high speed tool steel . Preheat to 14001500 F 760815 C then slowly to 19002100 F 10401150 C . Do not forge below 1700 F 925 C and reheat as necessary . Furnace cool if possible or in warm lime or ashes . Anneal after forging , but cool to room temperature before annealing . Great care must be taken with this alloy to avoid cracking . I didn ' t consider 440 C never realized it shows that kind of behavior . But that seems about right , i . e . the forges like HSS part . Thought I forged it too cold reading more about it apparently the opposite is true . Oh well , can ' t HT stainless with my setup anyways . <| sep |> LOL did you see that tweet history from him ? Oh no the world is ending because Pokemon uses gender pronouns ! The horror !