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Quenching: the vapour jacket

Posted on February 27, 2014March 3, 2014 by Rick Marchand
Quenching: What's a vapour jacket?
27
Feb

Why do blade smiths agitate a piece during quenching? This video demonstrates quenching without agitation to disperse the vapour jacket. NOTE: I make a few unclear(not entirely accurate) remarks during the video. Hopefully the annotations clear it up. This video was unscripted and totally impromptu. Let me know if I screwed up anywhere else. Thanks […]

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Posted in Tutorials, Videos  |  Tagged agitation, copper, heat treat, jacket, knife, knives, making, metal, metallurgy, quenching, Rick Marchand, steel, vapour, Wildertools
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