Which Quenching Oil is Best for Knives? Media

Published: 3 years ago

Which oil do you use for which steel? Can you quench too fast? These questions and more answered!

My corresponding article on this subject with more details and discussion: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/07/19/which-quenching-oil-is-best-for-knives/
Knife Engineering book: https://www.amazon.com/Knife-Engineering-Steel-Treating-Geometry/dp/B08D4P9D95/
Knife Steel Nerds Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Knifesteelnerds

Canola vs Mineral Oil study: https://pure.unibague.edu.co/en/publications/performance-of-vegetable-oils-on-the-hardness-and-microstructure-

Inconel probe video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBRkd34YPvw

Jominy test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjsZVivfzcg
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