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This is a fascinating thread. I am also planning to heat treat 1095 had similar questions, and the discussion has helped a lot.
I have already built an electric kiln and it works great. It should go to about 2200 degrees F, possibly higher, but I have only taken it to 2000.
My question that I think will add to this thread is concerning canola oil as a quenchant. The commercial quenchants generally publish the GM Magnetic Quenchometer speed numbers and the quenchants are grouped into fast, medium and slow speed ranges. It seems that the recommended quenching speed for 1095 is in the 7 to 8 second range or so.
What are the quenchometer quenching speeds for brine, water, canola, oil, etc? I have found some relative quenching speeds that were normalized with water at "1" and the rest proportioned to that, but have not seen actual quenchometer values?
MikeS
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