It worked! HRC 52 in the center and 43 at the edge of the face. Preliminary readings are almost certainly low because I haven't polished off the scale yet.
Some in process shots. Note the cold spot in the center of the glowing head.
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The metal cools from the face down toward the handle eye very nicely. Took about two minutes for the whole head to be black then I dropped it into the water and grabbed the next head out of the oven for quenching.
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Abdul however was somewhat perturbed by all of this.
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