TIL I was overheating my anvil by quenching too fast on thin stock

I used to dunk small leaf hooks straight from the forge into cold water and wondered why they cracked until a guy at the Ohio meetup said go slow with oil instead, and now after 8 months of that method I haven't had a single break has anyone else ruined a batch of hooks from rushing the quench?

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riverwhite1d ago

About 40 tiny bottle openers bit the dust before I figured out oil quenches don't turn your work into a pile of confetti.