Yes it is. Anyone failing this test will be keel hauled, repeatedly.is this a test? will we be graded?
The cracking is due to either stress cracking (from the welding) or is just a poor quality SS.It was for a backstay and looks like it broke from being case-hardened by previous work and tried to be fixed creating an even worse situation.
That would make a really interesting conversation piece.Take it to a blacksmith. Perhaps he can repurpose it into a boat knife.
Is "blacksmith" even politically correct now ?Take it to a blacksmith.
Interesting question - I hope the term "blacksmith" has not been included as a new "bad" word as nothing about it fits the current political concerns. At least I can't see a thing about that word that one should have concerns about....Is "blacksmith" even politically correct now ?
After Dr. Seuss, Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and other such current embarrassments as we now have, I'd check with the word police first.