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14 hours ago, Will W. said:

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Go into the heat treating, general discussion section. There's a pinned topic about a heat treating app that is available. Not only is it about heat treating, but also about specs of dozens of alloys. I have the app, and it's awesome. 

Aside from that, reading through old threads is a good way to go as well. That app may tell you almost everything you want to know about almost any steel, but the forum threads will let you learn from the mistakes of others (so you don't have to make those mistakes,) figure out better ways to tackle common problems, or simply give you good ideas for projects. 

do you have a more specific name for that app? I have found many different apps on this site.

I was just wondering if there was any experience related suggestions and thoughts that I wouldn't be able to just simply google. Thank you for taking the time to answer a noobie's questions though. 

I obtained the steel through a machine shop I work at. It was a piece that had been in storage for a while so when I went to clean things out my boss told me I could keep anything that wasn't aluminum, copper, brass, stainless etc. So i figured 'what the hay?" might as well take some free steel.

Also do you have a reliable website that has a lot of information about different steel specs? Something easier to read than digging through old forum threads?

Hi all!

I have recently been able to obtain some A2 tool steel that I was hoping to forge into a small knife. Has anyone used this steel before? If so what kind of specs does this steel have? HT in Oil? Water? Brine? anything else that would be useful would be much appreciated.