Red hot metal in water, cool!

[Johnbeck180]

Here's a cool video I found wondering around YouTube. I figured I'd post it, might be a good comparison to what happens to a knife blade when quenched in water, even though it looks like he drops it in the water quite a bit hotter than what you would a knife blade. Right when he drops it into the Water you can see the Laden Frost Effect take place witch doesn't allow the water to tough the steel and cool it. It takes a few seconds for the ball to cool down enough for the water to actually tough it. When it does cool down enough its pretty violent. Oil quench for me. :0) http://youtu.be/9qSEfcIfYbw

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Please re-post this in the You Tube video sticky. Thanks.