Cold forge days taught me to warm the steel first

Letting the metal sit near the heat for a bit before hammering stops it from cracking.

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That's honestly everywhere if you look for it... forcing something usually makes it break. Like rushing dough before it's proofed, you just get a dense brick. Or pushing a conversation too hard before someone's ready to talk, it just shuts them down. We're taught to just power through things, but so much stuff works better when you give it the right conditions first. Patience isn't just about being nice, it's about not wrecking the material you're working with, metal or otherwise.

wyatt_foster8415h ago

Thought you had to hammer it cold to set the shape. Wasted a lot of metal with cracks running through it. Letting it heat slowly like you mentioned finally got me a clean bend. Who knew being patient with the material would work better?