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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cyferwolf" data-source="post: 1525773" data-attributes="member: 8875">cold iron and hot forged iron are different enough I would rule that there are certainly differnet ame properties to the metal, probably enough on their own to warrant a difference in what they effect. Beyond that, certain myth holds that cold iron was a particular ward against mythical monsters. in particular it was referred to in english mythology as a ward against the fey, and I vaguely remember something about it from norse mythology but I'm not certain. in general the fey were considered to be rather chaotic, and often evil. check out some german and austrian opera, alot of it was inspired by similar mythology. in particular there's one song, which title escapes me at the moment, that describes a young boy who is killed by the king of the elves as his father tries to ride with him to safety. If your curious about eh actual mechanics of the process that make it different form the normal forgingwe're used to seeing form a blacksmith, I've provided a simple definition we just went over in my manufacturing engineering intro class. by definition cold iron is iron where the working temperature of the iron does not get near the melting temperature. As a general rule its performed close to room temperature. in general it yields a worked product with better accuracy. unfortunately it requires significantly higher forces, it also often results in brittle products when the end product is not annealed properly. While the material and end product are similar the resulting properties and the process to create them are very different.</blockquote>

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