and keith, yours above, is perhaps the finest description of the quench process that i have ever read, save for what tony wrote in his chapter on rehardening...

tony also described his tempering process, which is absolutely essential to drawing some of the brittleness out of the metal, so that it is not glass hard and subject to cracking...

Last edited by ed good; 08/07/22 11:04 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...