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06-02-2007, 06:54 PM
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My knife didn't survive...Pay more attention
  I was working on a 1075, 7in overall, full tang skinner. I had everything forged, normalized 3 times, annealed, ground up, clayed, and ready to harden. Everything was going so well I thought I would try to use water to see if my hamon would show better. I think I had it a little too hot when I quenched (somtimes it's hard for me to tell when to check with a magnet since I'm slightly colorblind) because I got the PING. Man I'm mad.
__________________ Mike Sheffield 
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06-02-2007, 10:34 PM
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Thats just plain NOT GOOD! Quenching in water takes A LOT of trial and error (it was mostly error for me). I adapted other methods to achieve bold temper lines, simply because it was always a 50/50 shot if the blade would crack or not. I don't like those odds, so I don't quench in water very often at all.
__________________ WWW.CAFFREYKNIVES.NET  Caffreyknives@gmail.com "Every CHOICE has a CONSEQUENCE, and all your CONSEQUENCES are a result of your CHOICES."
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06-03-2007, 08:38 PM
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I'll never quench with water again, and I'll pay more attention! However I still can't get ahead! I went and banged out a new blade in 1084 to give as my thank you for the guy. Before I even started thermal cycling I noticed cracking at the tip! What the
 happened this time? Well time to pick myself off, dust off, and try again.
__________________ Mike Sheffield
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