[TheForge] Superquench/hardening power hammer dies

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

And there are people that believe that you can effectively quench a long 
sword in a human body.    And there are people that think of you put a 
fifty pound anvil on a one hundred and fify pound stack of steel you 
have the equivalent of  a two hundred pound anvil ( hey, you wanta buy 
my 6.6 sextillion ton anvil?) .   The point is your not stupid.  They 
are, or at least ignorant.   You call it rapid quench and then they will 
just be telling you how you should  stop wasting your time with that and 
start using the magical  super quench or the blodd of a virgin depending 
on which newsgroup they have been following.

Charles

David E. Smucker wrote:

> Well, I may be stupid, but I still have run into lots of folks who 
> will swear that superquench has made a "silk purse out of a sow's 
> ear".  One recent course at a good blacksmithing school was teaching 
> students that they could make "great woodworking chisels" out of mild 
> steel using superquench. My one word stupid answer for that is 
> "bullshit".  Is it a useful quench --  YES, does it replace 
> engineering and tool steels -- NO.
>
> Dave Smucker