Finally got a clean twist on that old railroad spike after three tries

I was messing around with a piece of scrap rail spike in my backyard forge, trying to get a tight, even twist for a bottle opener. On the third heat, I quenched it in my old oil bucket way too fast and it came out with this wild, almost feathery pattern along the twist I've never seen before. Has anyone else had a quench change the look of a twist like that, or did I just get lucky?

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patriciah515d ago

That sounds more like a quench crack starting than a pattern, honestly. Did you check for any thin lines in the metal?

grace_gonzalez465d ago

Nah, I'm pretty sure it's just a pattern.