Glad someone is reading, not looking for any accolades but I think its darned interesting and an interesting read is often better than the Obits. My wife really has no interest in it, its not music which is her lifework. My kids say "great dad", well one does. Another help and likes it but hes a lego kid and lego kids build stuff and this is stuff.
Final pics of last quench of the day, Stevens 107B.
TOTALLY STAGNANT WATER!! I forgot I did polish this one to 600 on exterior surfaces. It made a difference for sure. 800 or 1000 will be attempted w/o using a buffer on some test plates. I believe from the recipe and gleaning information from those before me, I have got a tactic to produce the rainbows or the electric blue pools as I desire (I cant overturn Gods hand in the act, there is going to be significant variables fro each) but I believe from the few tests I will be able to predict where and what will be produced.
The tang is bare almost due to it FORGING the proper turbulence in advance of the action body. Had there been some bits like trigger, hammer, TG, etc strapped in that area, STAGNANT would have been very good. Since I was after verifying a theory, adding those devices would have offset the test.
It aint perfect, but those blues are ELECTRIC. Stunning in person. Wish the metal was higher polish, that would avoid the need for laquer, etc. I feel like the stevens here is a nice mix of the rainbows and the blue pools. It has it all, just not quite enough on the tang section. I think Ill keep both of these specimens for posterity as my first successful attempts. Ill work on scrap steel from here on out, unless a buddy brings me some demilled actions for real world work. Next week....... I will move forward. Higher polish, shielding, predicting effect and maybe side bubbles!!! Like a gauntlet.
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