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It's not remelted but rather forge welded .It essence what is done is the metal is heated to about white heat and hammered .The hammer blows raises the metal about 400 degrees above the heat which basically welds the metal and drives the impurities out in the form of slag.

A thought occured to me as a use for old chain .Now this might sound far fetched but 'tis true . Some of these blacksmith type sword and knife makers heat up old chains and forge them into folded blade knifes -swords ,Damacus style .The steel alloy mix I guess when folded is almost as good as...

Another old trick is to use plain old lard as a lube ,put it on with a brush .I used to see the tin knockers do it all the time . Stuff like aluminum barn roofing a regular old plywood blade eats right through it .Wear a face shield or at least a set of goggles .