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    dokidoki dokidoki

    @nerthos @somercet @kitredgrave For most metals that you quench you end up putting them in oil to cool.

    Thursday, 23-Feb-17 04:01:27 UTC from gs.smuglo.li
    1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

      @dokidoki Yep. Water tends to make them brittle. Different oils also change the properties of the tempering, and it can be used to add more carbon to the surface layer of the steel.

      Thursday, 23-Feb-17 04:01:33 UTC from web
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        somercet somercet

        @nerthos @dokidoki People quenched swords in everything. Water, air, oil, urine, blood (probably pig or cow)... name it, they did it.

        Thursday, 23-Feb-17 04:28:29 UTC from shitposter.club
        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @somercet @dokidoki Yeah but that was before modern knowledge of materials was common. Nowadays you use specific liquids depending on what properties you want.
          Quench a blade in urine and call it the pee pee poo poo sword.

          Thursday, 23-Feb-17 04:29:09 UTC from web
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          dokidoki dokidoki

          @somercet @nerthos *quench blade steel in water*
          hey dude, drop your sword
          sure
          *sword shatters*

          Thursday, 23-Feb-17 04:32:24 UTC from gs.smuglo.li