STEEL HEAT TREATING CLOSEUP - WATER VS OIL [Trollsky Knifemaking]

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  • čas přidán 23. 11. 2019
  • It is not a tutorial video. I just focused on the visual side of the hardening process under the surface of a liquid.
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  • @wolflahti412
    @wolflahti412 Před 3 lety +108

    This video implies that water quenching is bad, oil quenching is good-but that simply is not the case. Different compositions of steel perform best with water or brine, others are best with various types of oil. The temperature of the quench medium can make a difference as well.
    And, as others have pointed out, a quenched steel without tempering will be brittle, regardless of what medium it is quenched in.

    • @asepd7159
      @asepd7159 Před rokem

      S2 steel screwdriver with brine can make rust? Which one better to hardness sir?

    • @samshanker5753
      @samshanker5753 Před rokem

      @@asepd7159 ?!

    • @fifi23o5
      @fifi23o5 Před 2 měsíci

      Exactly. Depends on herdeneability. Šime are best quenched in water, some in oil, some even in the air. It just depends on material which metod is best for it.

    • @mostafajarideh
      @mostafajarideh Před měsícem

      فولاد رو دوبار کوئنچ کنید شکننده میشود

  • @onebackzach
    @onebackzach Před 4 lety +119

    You did a great job with the lighting, background, and filming. It was really interesting to see the forge scale flaking off and exposing the still glowing metal underneath

  • @fourkings7897
    @fourkings7897 Před 4 lety +346

    If you don't temper after quenching, oil quench will also break easily..

    • @MV-bo1gv
      @MV-bo1gv Před 4 lety +6

      I agree...!

    • @shania-antonio6425
      @shania-antonio6425 Před 4 lety +9

      Yes all in all if warping or breaking isnt concerned then water quench is better.

    • @hardcase1659
      @hardcase1659 Před 4 lety +3

      @Richard Falch It's true but not critical.

    • @stlalways6715
      @stlalways6715 Před 4 lety +8

      Hard Case depends on the metal. There are metals that would be useless as a knife if you quench in oil because the edge would roll over with mild use.
      Tempering is needed for any
      Steel that isn’t made to either be soft or to break easily. This is why iron was worked by man longer than bronze but It was softer than bronze until they learned how to properly harden it without making it overly brittle.

    • @kristiankatic9965
      @kristiankatic9965 Před 3 lety +13

      @@stlalways6715 You need a TTT diagram (time-temperature-tranformation) for a given batch of material (yes, it's different for every batch, not just for every type of steel) and you need to choose a cooling speed between the upper critical and lower critical. Oil is slower cooling medium than water, so mr. Trollsky in this example probably didn't get a 100% Martensite structure (cooling speed less than lower critical speed) and there was less heat stress in the material so oil quenched specimen was not so brittle. A good rule of thumb is: construction steels with less than 0,8% of carbon are quenched in water, tool steels over 0,8% C are quenched in oil, high speed steels and highly alloyed tool steels are "quenched" in air.

  • @derptothemaxclearly
    @derptothemaxclearly Před 4 lety +64

    Any Sunday with a video from one of my favorite craftsmen, is a good Sunday.

  • @TheWoodydrake
    @TheWoodydrake Před 4 lety +13

    I'm loving the new editing style and music. Really cool practical explanation of different quenching techniques and their down falls. Videography is advancing also, your killing it bud keep up the good work.

  • @SEFullmetalJake
    @SEFullmetalJake Před 4 lety +407

    Why didn’t you test the oil quenched knife the same as the water quenched. I’m sure it would have still snapped, just not quite as easily.

    • @5thhorseman559
      @5thhorseman559 Před 4 lety +2

      Zoom in on the skull quench and make that your badge!

    • @SEFullmetalJake
      @SEFullmetalJake Před 4 lety

      5th Horseman it’s pretty cool :)

    • @zacharymacquiddy5531
      @zacharymacquiddy5531 Před 4 lety +18

      I don’t think so. The oil is more viscous than the water so as the fluids heated up the convection currents in the oil were not able to move as quickly as those in the water. This prevents the cooler liquid from transferring heat out of the steel too quickly allowing it to become less brittle after the quench. Either way it should be tempered so it wouldn’t matter as much.

    • @SEFullmetalJake
      @SEFullmetalJake Před 4 lety +44

      Shottygolfer1 It depends at what heat the steel was before quenching. steel will become brittle after a hardening quench regardless of what you use to quench anyway, the tempering cycle comes after. As to why I said he should have tested it. I know oil cools is slower, but what’s the result in it? He doesn’t compare. Usually people use it for a more controlled quench to stop warping

    • @diwanm2012
      @diwanm2012 Před 4 lety +3

      very good point made

  • @conradnudd7398
    @conradnudd7398 Před 3 lety +64

    You didn’t test the blade after quench in oil.

    • @gottmituns3225
      @gottmituns3225 Před rokem +1

      This video ìt's completly USELESS, he only show how to dip a piece of red hot steel... ( if it is realy steel )😅 into water or cooking oil ( i do not think it's canola... Canadian Oil Low Acid )❗

  • @jeanladoire4141
    @jeanladoire4141 Před 4 lety +40

    The most violent quenching liquid is brine. If you agitate the steel, it dissipates the steam and the scale, so it cools even quicker

    • @emilmuhrman
      @emilmuhrman Před 3 lety +5

      The fastest that I know of is water mixed with amonia.

  • @sheep1ewe
    @sheep1ewe Před 4 lety +7

    This was actualy interesting, thank You for uploading.
    An expansion of this test could be how different dipping angles and moving around the object are affecting the outcome, many beginners does not know about that.
    I newer taught about how those different fluids are affecting the hardshells in such different ways.
    However, when i was on the axe factory here we used water, but it's much harder to master, for knives i also use oil if i hawe it at hand.
    (With water the tempering is very important to prevent what You are showing here as well as not owerheting and ruin the quenching duting the tempering process)
    I always do the finegrinding after the tempering (i always forge the blade a bit thicker than the final aim partly to prevent decarbonation but mainly to be able to correct warp) in order to correct fine warp, it seem to work as long as one are careful not to accidentaly build up heatstress in the steel after the tempering process.
    Easiest is actualy to use an dold watergrindstone since it does not risk owerheating the material as modern highspeed grinders.

  • @gforsyth4
    @gforsyth4 Před 4 lety +1

    This is why you’re my fav knife making channel on CZcams. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @juremalik9881
    @juremalik9881 Před 4 lety +16

    For hardening in water you need lower lemparatures than for oil because water takes heat away a lot faster than oil (as you said in the video). I usualy harden in almost boiling water so it doesn t cool the steel so fast.
    Also tempering to reduce the inner forces in the steel making it bend and break easily.

    • @Neonator08
      @Neonator08 Před 10 měsíci

      boiling water at 100C verses 21c is still a massive shock to a steel blade cooking around 870C and not an appreciable difference. There's a reason oil hardened steels are listed as oil hardened. If you could get water up to a higher temperature then it might help but water boils into a gas as we all know at 100c assuming standard air pressure. The issue is water's rapid ability to heat up and evaporate/boil off via convection currents etc and shed heat, causing the steel to be cooled at a much more rapid rate. Oil's heat up much slower than water and has an overall lower heat capacity. Heat transfers to the oil and is lost from the entire mixture at a much slower and more controlled rate. Hence why it is superior

    • @khoraizor
      @khoraizor Před 4 měsíci

      @@Neonator08 different steels need different quenchants. saying one is better than the other is idiocy.

  • @andyfleege8504
    @andyfleege8504 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for taking the time to show us in a very clear visual way the "differences" in quench media. I'm know expert but, i work with metal a lot for income plus personal interests. There are reasons for both quenches! If you're willing, in the future you should a salt water quench too! That was crazy how differently the metals reacted! Good show!
    Thanks.

  • @ash9622
    @ash9622 Před 4 lety +6

    Oh! Useful technology with simple home features. it's interesting for learn, thanks.

  • @owenfisher4900
    @owenfisher4900 Před 3 lety +1

    Absolutely stunned by the brittleness of that knife. Didn't realise when you quench the knife in water it makes that music!!! Blown away

  • @ScoutsIX3
    @ScoutsIX3 Před 4 lety +2

    This was such an awesome idea!!! I loved getting to see the process up close!

  • @Paul-dq8os
    @Paul-dq8os Před 3 lety

    This video is perfect to show people why using water isn't so great. Could not have asked for a better video man! I'll definitely keep this in my back pocket if I'm ever teaching someone how to get started! Thank you!

  • @brendanesposito
    @brendanesposito Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for doing what I’ve always wanted to do myself. These are a great set of observations to study and draw information from...👍

  • @jpilgrim9722
    @jpilgrim9722 Před 4 lety +1

    I’m glad you are back thank you.

  • @cocospops9351
    @cocospops9351 Před 4 lety +7

    Thank you, Trollskyy. Very coolski!

  • @krzysiuzbysiu3555
    @krzysiuzbysiu3555 Před 4 lety +2

    Piękne. Człowiek się uczy całe życie. Dzięki :)

  • @jiriskala
    @jiriskala Před 4 lety

    Interesting video and very well executed. I appreciate the effort you put in the filming setup - lights, white background, slow motion.

  • @BeefaloBart
    @BeefaloBart Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome video on this topic. I thank you so very much for the time and effort to setup that tank. The lighting was perfect and was kind of satisfying to watch. As always I am impressed with your work and thankful to have found this channel.

  • @Carole_Williamson
    @Carole_Williamson Před 4 lety +1

    Michael, love to watch you forge. I was just binge watching Forged In Fire from the first episode and I’ll make it to the last of
    Season 7, so far. But my point is I just saw the international episode and loved it as always, season 4 episode 20 I think and although you went home early, I love watching you

  • @misterj8815
    @misterj8815 Před 4 lety

    Always liked the style of your videos, glad you are making more!

  • @eicdesigner
    @eicdesigner Před 3 lety

    I have always wanted to see this comparison! Thanks for posting this!!

  • @surfshawnsurf9724
    @surfshawnsurf9724 Před 4 lety

    This is a really cool video format/concept. I'd like to see more like these and the ASMR / 'Knife Stories.' Keep up the good work - keep posting!!

  • @killerkane1957
    @killerkane1957 Před 4 lety +6

    Well we knew this. BUT, seeing it is very interesting! You went to a lot of trouble and expense to do this for us. Thank You!

  • @getsmart3701
    @getsmart3701 Před 4 lety

    Pure genius mate...really interesting. Thank you for the video.

  • @ScrewsAndTools
    @ScrewsAndTools Před 4 lety

    Hello! That was interesting video for me! Thank you!

  • @themodernadventurer4320

    Very awesome video, learned this the hard way with my first knifes. Days of work completely ruined! Hope someone learns the easy way from this video.

  • @justinwalker923
    @justinwalker923 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude nice video. I like how you shown how brittle the steel gets. I've been making knives since I was 11 and I'm 30 so I know my stuff. This is a very good demonstration. Good job. I also cryogenic treat my blades as well.

  • @zw5509
    @zw5509 Před 4 lety +1

    Good to see a new video, we need more! It would be interesting to measure the temperature drop in both liquids.

  • @richardbryant7972
    @richardbryant7972 Před 4 lety

    Very interesting video and answers questions I’ve had thank you very much

  • @teodorstiernholm5557
    @teodorstiernholm5557 Před 4 lety

    Your videos inspire me a lot! You're a really good knife maker!

  • @aitf99
    @aitf99 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent !!! Youre one of my favorite knife makers....

  • @Dominique_Oliveira
    @Dominique_Oliveira Před 4 lety

    Really was surprised how brittle became the steel quenched in water. Really nice little test. The thanks for the effort.

  • @anirudhsathe9045
    @anirudhsathe9045 Před 3 lety +1

    Very well done with the procedure and the setup and everything and the music I might add

  • @pancebula8106
    @pancebula8106 Před 4 lety

    Made my evening! Thanks.

  • @levvy001
    @levvy001 Před 4 lety

    Nice scientific approach. The video was actually very informative.

  • @zeasv2826
    @zeasv2826 Před 4 lety

    Amazing video! Thank you for doing this

  • @yetanotheaverageguy
    @yetanotheaverageguy Před 4 lety

    That was a great freaking video! Thanks for taking time out of your work to do some science for you tube land.

  • @stefanrobinson2920
    @stefanrobinson2920 Před 3 lety

    Thats pritty cool to see the action inside the quenching tank..thanks for taking the time to do..well interesting for me a novice blade maker..thankyou

  • @rickratcliff6231
    @rickratcliff6231 Před 4 lety +1

    I enjoyed that. Loved the skull rings👍🏻

  • @eastoforion
    @eastoforion Před 3 lety

    amazing footage, thank you for sharing this!

  • @RedBeardOps
    @RedBeardOps Před 4 lety

    Very neat sir! Thank you!

  • @Smashpatate
    @Smashpatate Před 4 lety

    Good shit mate keep it coming we are in awe🤟🏼

  • @AtomkeySinclair
    @AtomkeySinclair Před 4 lety

    Excellent. Straight up perfect content.

  • @JimRiven
    @JimRiven Před 4 lety

    this is a cool little video mate, thanks.

  • @neonshoji
    @neonshoji Před 4 lety

    Great video. People need to see this.

  • @quarlow1215
    @quarlow1215 Před 4 lety

    Very cool to watch. Interesting stuff.

  • @randyc5650
    @randyc5650 Před 4 lety

    Glad to see you again.

  • @npknives7503
    @npknives7503 Před 3 lety +1

    this was a cool experiment! Cool results nice video idea!

  • @daw162
    @daw162 Před 3 lety +3

    I'd imagine the water quenched knife would be fine after tempering as long as it didn't crack. But the warp and the cracking risk is the rub.
    I've never found the need to use water (I use soy oil for thin water hardening steel items - it's cheap and it flows well, even if not preheated) in chasing hardness, but I have quenched in oil and broken a knife just the same way you showed with water (prior to tempering).
    I make only as a hobby, so I've not had to solve any warpage issues - i leave enough to grind them off post treatment, but it's a little limiting. Files and razors have always been straightened after a quench - both are water hardening steel most of the time, but I never paid attention to find out if they're tempered quickly and then straightened (I think that's the case). I attempted to tap a pocket knife blade that warped slightly years ago - a single light tap and it broke like glass (it was oil quenched, but made from 1095 - and not tempered).

  • @rafaklucz5081
    @rafaklucz5081 Před rokem +1

    Super pokazane różnice. Powodzenia w dalszych pracach i filmikach 💪💪 Pozdro ✌

  • @German-gs9lw
    @German-gs9lw Před 4 lety

    Very interesting, my favorite channel.

  • @jwdickinson643
    @jwdickinson643 Před 3 lety +5

    really cool videography! but, I have a question about the water quenching....could you have reduced the brittleness after quenching by tempering it? great video!

  • @dennisobrien3618
    @dennisobrien3618 Před 4 lety

    Interesting to watch. Nice camera work. I always enjoy the short video showing a katana blade deflect one way, then the other, during a water quench. It's amazing they don't just snap in half every time. I found it under the title "Templado de una katana - Detalle de la deformacion" on a channel called "supervideo". I don't know how to link to it, but it's only 11 seconds long with no music, narration, or text.

  • @ronaldcubero8268
    @ronaldcubero8268 Před 4 lety +35

    All the hardened steel is like glass after quench it, that's the idea of make a quench, then you reduce the hardness and brittle by draw two tempers after quench, different steels, diferent quenchants, the low carbon steel can get better in water than oil, if you need a bainitic structure you quench in melted salts, what the mean of this video? Water quenching is wrong? Yeah, for some steels or too thin blades yes but is useful in many ways, sorry but the video lack of perspective and data.

    • @actually4660
      @actually4660 Před 3 lety

      You my man are a saviour.
      Appreciate the information 👍👍😁

  • @lilsammich8252
    @lilsammich8252 Před 4 lety

    Thank you, I have always wondered qbout seeing quenches.

  • @Drwal_1984
    @Drwal_1984 Před 4 lety

    No to moja ciekawość została zaspokojona :) dzięki za film.

  • @jagodzik
    @jagodzik Před 4 lety +34

    Co zrobiłeś z tym olejem? Passacik w TDI by na nim pojeździł jeszcze!

  • @GT_Racer347
    @GT_Racer347 Před 3 lety

    That was badass! Way cool. 🔥💯😍

  • @hendrikriedstra7857
    @hendrikriedstra7857 Před 4 lety

    Great video. Interesting result. Thumbs UP.

  • @soldiersofapocalypses.o.a.2935

    I to są filmy warte obejrzenia, bez zbędnych cyrków, a konkretne ciekawostki.

  • @KhalainBear
    @KhalainBear Před 3 lety

    Havnt watched this guys video's in a while glad i stumbled across him again, subscribed, his english has gotten better i used to love the way he said he had to " greened the beevils" XD

  • @miketausig4205
    @miketausig4205 Před 4 lety +1

    Man...your channel is one of my faves. As a fellow bladesmith, I really dug seeing this video. Thanks man...you’re awesome.

  • @idiotsandwich7528
    @idiotsandwich7528 Před 3 lety +1

    actually there is a technique for water quenching to harden metal. Do not heat the metal up too hot. And another, do not fully submerged it in water, instead, slowly rinse and dip it in untill it is hardened.

  • @alexghebenei5850
    @alexghebenei5850 Před 3 lety +2

    Well in the first one its expected for it to break like that. Cuz if I got it right u kept "over cooking" it and cooling it down. But I think oil also helps with hardening? Or is it just coating it?

  • @pacethink9770
    @pacethink9770 Před 3 lety

    Good to see u making videos again

  • @JENNERAL_KILLER_URU_MAFIA

    thanks man i learned something new for life

  • @gregmundo6107
    @gregmundo6107 Před 3 lety

    Great experiment, good job

  • @MechaHolic
    @MechaHolic Před 3 lety

    It was very good information and thank you so much for sharing

  • @danielabell1741
    @danielabell1741 Před 3 lety

    first time somone showed the difference thanks dude

  • @DanelonNicolas
    @DanelonNicolas Před 4 lety

    awesome! hope to see more videos from you!

  • @ANXIETOR
    @ANXIETOR Před 4 lety +38

    I was surprised at how brittle the steel became. Very interesting video.

  • @dreadnought8363
    @dreadnought8363 Před 4 lety +1

    I would love to have a Brewski with the Trollskyy.

  • @stefanovet688
    @stefanovet688 Před 4 lety

    very very very interesting video! Again, bravo!

  • @bushcraftandteddybears6174

    Brilliant!

  • @MrBucidart
    @MrBucidart Před 4 lety

    Excellent video .. Thank you

  • @glenpaul3606
    @glenpaul3606 Před rokem

    Very good quality video and audio. Well done !

  • @filipderek3962
    @filipderek3962 Před 4 lety +1

    kolejna lekcja od czarodzieja a nie fałszywego proroka co dorabia rączki do mory.
    czekamy na kolejne experymenty

  • @zeuso.1947
    @zeuso.1947 Před 3 lety +19

    Ummm yeah, that's why it's tempered after it's quenched.

    • @cster9261
      @cster9261 Před 2 lety

      That is true but sometimes it cracks when you quench it in water

    • @18IMAMGODINA
      @18IMAMGODINA Před 2 lety

      @@cster9261 that's true too , but it doesn't do it because of water , it does it because of hundreds of different minute details like what sort of steel it is , does the piece of steel have micro fractures , have you done normalizing cycles right , how thin /thick it is , is there a stress point and so on and so forth , if done right it's not gonna crack but you never know it just might.

    • @cster9261
      @cster9261 Před 2 lety

      @@18IMAMGODINA I guess I should probably just know what steel I’m quenching but I never really know what steel I’m using because I always use reclaimed metal but you are very right .

  • @elricm3659
    @elricm3659 Před 4 lety

    awesome thanks man. have a good one.

  • @sandorimecs7905
    @sandorimecs7905 Před 4 lety

    Wow!
    Very good idea!

  • @diwanm2012
    @diwanm2012 Před 4 lety

    I am from India and here traditional blacksmiths are nomads and they are expert blacksmiths for generations, and all quench their steel in water with excellent results , I too have made chisels and other tools successfully, no one here even knows of oil quenches,
    YOUR VIDEO is incomplete till you study about water quench

  • @garethbaus5471
    @garethbaus5471 Před 3 lety +7

    In my experience steel is brittle when I quench regardless of whether I use oil or water, so long as I don't have any cracks the results are fairly similar after I temper the blade.

    • @cavscout888
      @cavscout888 Před 2 lety

      Some steels require oil, so if you don't know what metal you have for absolute certain, use oil.
      Also, he did get some warping supposedly from quenching in water.

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 Před 2 lety

      @@cavscout888 the oil quenching steels are just more prone to cracking, it is still sometimes possible to get a good result with water.

    • @cavscout888
      @cavscout888 Před 2 lety

      @@garethbaus5471 Do you want to spend potentially hours or days on a part, just to ruin it from quenching in water? Again, some steels actually REQUIRE oil. No option. Some will be fine enough with either. None that I know of require water quenching...

  • @TheCrewLT
    @TheCrewLT Před 4 lety

    Cool visualization

  • @chrisweiss6363
    @chrisweiss6363 Před 3 lety

    That is so cool!

  • @billhatcher2984
    @billhatcher2984 Před 4 lety

    That was cool . In the last picture what do you call the symbol that was bottom right in the picture

  • @kentuckytrapper780
    @kentuckytrapper780 Před 3 lety

    Great info, great video.

  • @hassanbazzi3545
    @hassanbazzi3545 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting. Thank you for sharing

  • @okkrom
    @okkrom Před 4 lety

    Great idea!

  • @kodefashmodefa
    @kodefashmodefa Před 3 lety

    I don’t a thing about quenching or anything with heat treating, but does the metal orientation during the quench matter? Is there a difference if it’s held edge pointed down vs broad side down?

  • @bolorenz4780
    @bolorenz4780 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for using both metric and American units I appreciate it

  • @shopnwoods9901
    @shopnwoods9901 Před 4 lety

    Cool experiment

  • @OuttheCave
    @OuttheCave Před 4 lety +1

    Don't put the fishes in the oil !! Haha! Very informative to be able to view that and also a good visual show! Even my girlfriend watched it twice! Thank you so much Trollskyy for taking the time to do this video!! Cheers!

    • @gregsullivan8956
      @gregsullivan8956 Před 4 lety +2

      If you put fishes heat the oil to 350 F then tasty fishes

  • @nick-firstest
    @nick-firstest Před 4 lety

    Just Beautiful

  • @Ziemof
    @Ziemof Před 4 lety

    Trollsky jestes najlepszy !

  • @jimk8520
    @jimk8520 Před 3 lety

    It was interesting to see the quench in water. Was that carbon sweating out of the metal and settling on the tank bottom? I didn’t see that effect when quenched in the oil and perhaps thats why it’s brittle?

  • @gregmundo6107
    @gregmundo6107 Před 4 lety

    Good totorial, and yes water is not recommended for quench 👍