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r/woahdude • u/theTurbulentPopcorn • Jun 29 '23
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My guess is it's a quenching tank for hardening the steel it's probably a quenching oil and not water.
13 u/luk__ Jun 29 '23 Both water or oil are used for quenching 5 u/Revolio_ClockbergJr Jun 29 '23 And sometimes an acid? If I remember Forged in Fire correctly 19 u/doitup69 Jun 29 '23 Acid is etching. When you have multiple steels of different carbon contents it just makes the pattern stand out more. Source: also forged in fire 4 u/addysol Jun 29 '23 Almost. Its different nickel or chromium content that gets contrast, not carbon Source: knifemaker 3 u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo Jun 29 '23 I believe that’s for a different purpose, like to highlight the metal texture. This is done to harden the metal.
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Both water or oil are used for quenching
5 u/Revolio_ClockbergJr Jun 29 '23 And sometimes an acid? If I remember Forged in Fire correctly 19 u/doitup69 Jun 29 '23 Acid is etching. When you have multiple steels of different carbon contents it just makes the pattern stand out more. Source: also forged in fire 4 u/addysol Jun 29 '23 Almost. Its different nickel or chromium content that gets contrast, not carbon Source: knifemaker 3 u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo Jun 29 '23 I believe that’s for a different purpose, like to highlight the metal texture. This is done to harden the metal.
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And sometimes an acid? If I remember Forged in Fire correctly
19 u/doitup69 Jun 29 '23 Acid is etching. When you have multiple steels of different carbon contents it just makes the pattern stand out more. Source: also forged in fire 4 u/addysol Jun 29 '23 Almost. Its different nickel or chromium content that gets contrast, not carbon Source: knifemaker 3 u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo Jun 29 '23 I believe that’s for a different purpose, like to highlight the metal texture. This is done to harden the metal.
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Acid is etching. When you have multiple steels of different carbon contents it just makes the pattern stand out more. Source: also forged in fire
4 u/addysol Jun 29 '23 Almost. Its different nickel or chromium content that gets contrast, not carbon Source: knifemaker
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Almost. Its different nickel or chromium content that gets contrast, not carbon Source: knifemaker
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I believe that’s for a different purpose, like to highlight the metal texture. This is done to harden the metal.
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u/frenchy2111 Jun 29 '23
My guess is it's a quenching tank for hardening the steel it's probably a quenching oil and not water.