This is a good time to discuss the regularly expressed idea of putting the quench tank as close to the forge as possible to trying to dunk the blade in one mad swing.
The drop in temperature needed for 1095 to convert to martensite is from 1475F to below 1000F in slightly less than one second. Now, that one second doesn't start the instant the steel leaves the forge. It starts at the point where the steel drops in temperature below 1350F. Until this point the steel is happily austenite. You have more than enough time to smoothly plunge the blade into the quenchant. The steel will not drop below critical for a couple seconds most likely, until it hits the quenchant.Fully soaked steel at 1475F doesn't cool down all that much faster when the ambient temp is 10F than when it is 80F. A breeze, however will cool it much quicker. Putting up a wind break is a good idea if the wind blows through your forge.
Now, from a safety point of view, the quench tank directly under the forge door is an accident waiting to happen. Either the cloud of vaporized and atomized oil will burst into flame in your face, or you may burn yourself with the dragons breath coming from the forge, which will be too close. You need all your attention on the quench, not on what part of you is on fire.
The tank should be about 3-4 feet away, and downwind.
