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Old 07-05-2017, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray Rogers View Post
Kev,

You quench by whatever method is appropriate and then - after the steel has cooled to where it is only warm to the touch - then it goes into the LN ...

Something I have a difficult time wrapping my head around. That a blade after quenching, if not immediately started in the tempering cycle, can spontaneously crack if left lying in open air, yet putting it in LN while still warm from the HT doesn't cause complete shattering from the thermal shock.


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