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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2008 1:22:18 GMT
Edge quenching is different than the clayless hamon technique(atleast mine). Edge quenching is just that, quenching only the edge. With the clayless hamons you submerge the whole blade.
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Post by Dan Davis on Jan 17, 2008 2:06:24 GMT
Edge quenching is different than the clayless hamon technique(atleast mine). Edge quenching is just that, quenching only the edge. With the clayless hamons you submerge the whole blade. That's what I do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2008 3:09:15 GMT
Is it possible to quench in ice water or oil just the edge and then do a less "hard" quench on the rest of the blade? What would happen if one did quench in ice water?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2008 4:06:55 GMT
Ice water is too much of a shock for most of the worthwhile steels like 1095, 1075 for the outrageous hamons. You would have better results and higher success rate with warm water.
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Post by slav on Jan 17, 2008 4:25:00 GMT
Yeah, for 1095 I just use warm to hot water. I figure that the metal is so hot to begin with that what feels like "hot" water to me is atually pretty damn cool.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2008 7:20:02 GMT
Is there a way to harden one part of the blade more than others?
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Post by Dan Davis on Jan 17, 2008 14:33:20 GMT
Ummm, yes. That is exactly what we have been discussing here. Perhaps I misunderstand your question?
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