That quench tank mishap taught me something about reading temps

I overheard a guy at the local hammer-in say he uses a magnet to check if his 1084 is ready to quench instead of guessing by color. Tried it last night on a seax blade and it actually worked way better than my usual eyeball method. Anyone else use tricks like that for judging heat before quench?

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fiona_lewis371d agoMost Upvoted

A buddy of mine tried the shadow trick on a blade once and it warped so bad he had to start over.

wendysmith1d ago

@fiona_lewis37 My buddy tried the magnet trick and his blade cracked right in half.