First knife ( remember the ATF quench question )

[metalmole]

OK here it is, my first quenched knife, after asking about using ATF on 1095 and getting a big " dont " I got some canola oil that worked great.
steel is 3/16 1095 set at rc 59-60, blade is parkarized.
scales are some micarta that someone gave me years ago, threaded standoffs, flat head torx screws. Ive got allot to learn and need to clean up my grind lines...... thanks all for the help....
Post # 5 has a picture of my first 440c ss knife....

 

[Danbo]

I need to get me some of that Marcita!



Seriously, that's a pretty nice knife, Bro.

 

[daizee]

Great first knife!
Hell, that's a great 10th knife.
Congrats. Now you're hooked, and sunk.

 

[NickWheeler]

Great first knife! :thumbup:

I'm not so sure you can get 1095 that hard with canola, but I am very impressed that you dove right into heat treating on your first knife. I certainly didn't have all the fancy shop equipment I have now, back when I started.

And thanks for following up!!! The lack of follow up by 99% of the new posters here has always been a rub for me, so good on 'ya.

Hope you follow up with more!

 

[metalmole]

Thanks daizee and Nick for the words, It might be a little under 59 rc, a friend checked it and said it was around 59, but that it was good to go. I have done some work with 440c ( I have a paragon HT oven ) with no issues, but the quench is new to me, guess I need to get some good oil if I keep it up..here is a small skinner I did a while back, same micarta ( spelled correctly, lol ) with ss pins, I also made the kydex sheath for it...

 

[NickWheeler]

My apologies, I misread your original post!

You first OIL QUENCHED knife.... Got it! Sorry bout that. :foot:

Really nice knife nonetheless!

 

[JSMcustoms]

Very nice knife. Looks great. What's the blade length on this? A thicker version (1/4 inch stock or thicker) would be nice to see.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

I'm not so sure you can get 1095 that hard with canola,

I really really don't want to start another 1095 quench oil debate here...

However, after much angst, heartburn and gnashing of teeth, after comparing both literature on the subject and actual tested outcomes, a lot of folks have come to the conclusion that while "proper" oil and canola oil are not perfectly interchangeable, with agitation canola oil is more than fast enough to get 1095 under the curve in a thin section like a knife blade. In my mind the major upshot to commercial oil is it doesn't go funky and it creates less distortion due to lower heat extraction during martensite formation. I believe the OP can fully expect his canola oil quenched blade to perform just fine (ignoring all the other things that can go wrong in a quench).

To the op: that looks really good.

... ducks and runs away...

 

[Marko3]

Looking good..

 

[metalmole]

No worries Nick, and nice knife you made on your thread, what a work of art...

Very nice knife. Looks great. What's the blade length on this? A thicker version (1/4 inch stock or thicker) would be nice to see.

Thanks...The blade length is 3.25, its 1.40 from spine to edge, handle is 4" . I would like to do a 1/4 sometime but would flat grind it to the spine ...

 

[AVigil]

I really really don't want to start another 1095 quench oil debate here...

However, after much angst, heartburn and gnashing of teeth, after comparing both literature on the subject and actual tested outcomes, a lot of folks have come to the conclusion that while "proper" oil and canola oil are not perfectly interchangeable, with agitation canola oil is more than fast enough to get 1095 under the curve in a thin section like a knife blade. In my mind the major upshot to commercial oil is it doesn't go funky and it creates less distortion due to lower heat extraction during martensite formation. I believe the OP can fully expect his canola oil quenched blade to perform just fine (ignoring all the other things that can go wrong in a quench).

To the op: that looks really good.

... ducks and runs away...

Thanks for letting us know what you found Nathan. Very interesting.


OP... Great job on that knife!