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That's probably to balance for all the youtube morons who forgeweld damascus bars wearing no googles, no gloves, and nothing sturdier than a short sleeve tshirt. that is just stupid dangerous.

Or...

As a matter of fact, in Belgium it is against OHSA guidelines to wear gloves when using stationary rotary power tools.

+1. I wear gloves only when grinding metal before heat treatment, because fast is mroe important than cool.
After HT, I work bare handed.

Reminds me of my classmate who had the brilliant idea of making an extra long power extension by putting 2 plugs on a very long cable, which he was then going to plug into a free socket on one of...

I've quenched a knife made from a file that had cold shuts. After the quench, the blade had a couple of marble sized pustules :)