[TheForge] old wife's tales

[Bruce Freeman]

Mercury is known to be a good quench medium for some things.

Health?  What, you wanna live forever?

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
>
>
> Bob Willman wrote:
>>
>>        A story I heard about a local smith searching for a better quench
>> method when a "friend" recommended horse urine specifically from a mare.
>> The
>> smith happened to own a mare and keeping a close watch on her started to
>> collect enough to properly fill the quench tank which took a considerable
>> period of time. When he finally had enough, the day for testing came. I
>> understand that the first iron into the quench tank evacuated a
>> considerable
>> chunk of real estate.
>>
>>        "Practical Blacksmithing" by Richardson mentions a smith that swore
>> by liquid mercury as a good quench medium. Did not say if he lived to a
>> ripe
>> age or not.
>
>        I bet mercury would be a great quench from the material results
> standpoint, though probably very violent.  From the health standpoint...
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Bruce
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