Re: [DL] Ghost Steel Metallurgy 101

[NsideYerHead@aol.com]

Daniel, 

Yay, someone who knows metal...
I wouldn't know much about the tempering of gun metals, but I know a bit on 
the forging process of modern high quality blades... not the junk 440 
stainless... more stuff like the 1075-1090 high carbon spring steel type 
blades.
most of these modern forgings use liquid salt as the 'quencher' (?) in the 
Forging, not sure exactly what this does for the metal, but I know old 
fashioned blacksmiths used water, oil, or saltwater...
Throwing your knowledge, along with some imaginativly magical thinking, and 
adding the 'spirit' factor, what do you think would be something good to 
quench Ghost Steel in? perhaps to increase that spiritual potential... 
Any potential variations you could see, based on the other metals put into 
the process, or the tempering, or the quenching variables?

John