Re: Crank treatments

[lupienj@wal.hp.com (John Lupien)]

Greg wrote:
> In fact, one of my 
> Materials Science professors showed me a book recently that outlined a 
> nitriding process for hardening steel swords.  
>       You take a black goat, feed it a strict diet of some kind of 
> straw and water for 3 days, collect the urine of the goat, and quench 
> your red-hot sword in it.

The way I heard it, it's the goat itself that has a high nitrogen content...


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