Good morning to everyone here at some point or another! New to this forum and new to the forging and blacksmithing world. I have an innate desire to make things from racecars to bone and stone objects! I'm enamored by how much a person can make from heating up steel and shaping it into a desired object; knife, hammer, axe, and other little doodads.
Now having said all this, I would like to know or be lead to a former post about the most common steels used by forgers. For example, O1 tool steel, 1095, 1080, etc. I looked up in the astm.org steel standards for a list and it gave me a plethora of steels and their uses. I'm looking for the most common and their uses. I like knives and this where I want to start, simple, then work my way to bigger and better things!
Any comments and or leads will be much appreciated!