The old smith in Tulsa grabbed my tongs mid heat and said 'you're choking the steel, son'
He watched me fight a 3/4 inch bar for 20 minutes at his shop on 11th street, then pointed out my tongs were biting too hard and starving the heat, and I've never forgotten how fast the metal moved once I loosened my grip, so what bad habit did someone else spot in your forge?