damn that waifu is cute
@GH12QS
depends on the water, the metal and temp of your metal before
quenching
normaly quenching in water produces maximum hardness as in stiffness
which can lead to cracking if the metal wasn't handled/formed properly
becoming brittle is something that mostly happens with ironbased alloys
if it shows signs of cracking/excess hardness the smith needs to temper it according to the metals its made of
but yeah should be brittle as hell among other things
correct me if im wrong but i think it normaly goes like :
heating(blasting) folding,heating(blast), "shaping" (repeat till satisfied) quenching, lower heating, air cooling, grinding, sharpening polishing
and the way he is "polishing" well thats called sharpening if he only did like that from start to finish even a knife may take hours
and i have been told actualy hammering hand and kitchen knives is a pain in the ass
you should cast them instead
but dont get me wrong im already happy that those knives didnt came with handle out of the furnace
or that he is metal working with multiple tools instead of using 1 hammer start to finish or using his blacksmithing and hammer to carpenter a couple of beds including matrasses