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Am I the only one who got told to stop quenching in the same bucket I rinse in?
An old smith down in Tulsa looked at my 1084 knife and pointed right at the pitting near the edge. He asked if I was using one bucket for everything, and I was, rinsing scale off in the same water I dunked the blade in. He said all that junk in the water cools uneven spots and leaves you with a soft edge you can't see until it fails. I switched to two buckets, a cheap one for rinsing and a clean one for quench, and my last three blades came out with way fewer surprises. Anyone else keep a separate rinse bucket, or am I late to something basic here?
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