WEIRDEST quench you have ever heard of?

Yeti eyeball jelly...

Okay, I haven't actually ever heard of that...





But in all seriousness:

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Every now-and-again, when reading through the forum, it seems that the weirdest quench is honest-to-goodness purpose-made QUENCHING OIL!!!:eek:
-Mark
 
a water melon. just stab the hot blade into it. there fer eaten not heat treaten :)
 
I went to Mark Williams' house once (before he moved) and there was this big pan of....well......GOOP! It was a strange mix of bear fat, machine gun oil,laundry detergent, bacon drippings, and things I didn't want to know about. Mark swore if made the best quench he ever had.

(Happy New Year ,Mark)

Stacy
 
bladsmth said:
I went to Mark Williams' house once (before he moved) and there was this big pan of....well......GOOP! It was a strange mix of bear fat, machine gun oil,laundry detergent, bacon drippings, and things I didn't want to know about. Mark swore if made the best quench he ever had.

(Happy New Year ,Mark)

Stacy
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Liar, It had melted crayons in there too :D
 
I have devised a quench that should be fun to try for a sword.

Hang several plastic trash bags in a row filled with hot water. Take sword from forge and run past the bags , cutting as you go :D
 
At a show some guy wearing a complete Army Range uniform (said he was active duty) asked me if I could quench a blade in blood. Figure they will be putting a net over him someday.
 
ib2v4u said:
At a show some guy wearing a complete Army Range uniform (said he was active duty) asked me if I could quench a blade in blood. Figure they will be putting a net over him someday.
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Probably would work like a brine quench :)
 
There was a maker I met in NC that said he went to a slaughter house and asked for a bucket of blood. After a few strange looks, and some explanation,they sold him a foul smelling ,five gallon bucket of pig blood. He quenched some bowie knives in it. Said it didn't seem to be any different than brine, except for the God awful smell when the blade went in.
Stacy
 
I am sure it would probably work on some steels. You would think the blood cells would quickly cake the steel and insulate it a bit. Plus, it just seems like a bit to voodoo for me. Fully hardened steel is hard steel blood or parks.
 
You'd think from the way people talk about our weather here in the pacific northwest that it would be impossible for us to "air" quench outside. With all the rain we get, the "air" is so saturated that it becomes a water quench.

:confused::eek::cool::p:thumbup:
 
I have seen some days around here that would probably ping a 1095 blade with an air quench, but, I tell you what, Southeast Alaska makes this place look like a desert. Now that place can rain. Around Ketchican they average 40 inches...............During October alone. average 160' a year and the record is 240 inches. Yup 20 foot of rain.
 
Just out of curiosity, I have a random question... I was looking through my daughter's 730 Science Experiments book today and it said that lemon juice contains a high amount of natural carbon. With this in mind (nevermind the cost of that much lemon juice) but if you quench in a high carbon fluid, would you induce (Mete, don't yell at my verbiage too much!) carbon at the same time as quenching? Like I said, random thought.
 
TekSec said:
Just out of curiosity, I have a random question... I was looking through my daughter's 730 Science Experiments book today and it said that lemon juice contains a high amount of natural carbon. With this in mind (nevermind the cost of that much lemon juice) but if you quench in a high carbon fluid, would you induce (Mete, don't yell at my verbiage too much!) carbon at the same time as quenching? Like I said, random thought.
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Maybe might work like those carburising powders, heat your peice up then "quench" it in the powder then quench it in water.
 
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