On Aug 19, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Erik Levin via OldTools  wrote:

>  For many red metals, the ballpark of  550C (1000F) is what you want, with a
water quench.


Eric

Does it become obvious that you have annealed properly when you start hammering
again?  Is it easy to tell when you need to anneal again?

Ed Minch