[TheForge] Re: Interesting books from Lee Valley

[Mike Spencer]

Michael Horgan quoth:

> Some interesting techniques there that "I" am not about to try... Such
> as a really fast quench for maximum hardness.... Using Mercury.

Yow!  Me neither.  I've thought that amalgam gilding of something
small like the inside of a ring might be doable without much risk if I
did the burn-off out of doors and down-wind.  But quenching hot iron?
Yow!

- Mike

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