whiteboer Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 HI What I would like to know is if Abrasion Resistant plate which is found on semi trailers where the 5 th wheel connects to the trailer can be used to make knives either with forging or stock removal process. Also if anyone is aware of the make up of the steel, carbon content etc I would appreciate the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Contact the folks tha make trailers and get information from them or get a piece of steel and make a knife and see how it works...Or as last ditch effort you could get some good knife steel that has good history and use that...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 no abrasion resistant is not what you need for knife steel ... it has allowys but not a apreciable amount of carbon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteboer Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 OK ty I found this on another forum. "it's abrasion resistant steel . it's used for plow blades and such. they add Boron, Manganese, Nickel, and Chromium to make it wear resistant. this also complicates things when you want to "work" it or, weld it." Sounds like it would be very difficult to forge it in the first place.....but Iam new to this so it would simply be a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Sort of like the chrome-Molly stell used in high pressure gas cyliners. Good stuff, made so it doesn't work harden very fast but not much carbon. Doesn't like to forge weld either. Check alloys in CFR 45 Dot regs high pressure gas cylinders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack hollingsworth Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 hey mate, same sort of question was asked about bisalloy ( brand name ) a while ago, its wear resistant stuff, heres a link for more information. http://www.bisalloy.com.au/files/Techman/Range%20of%20Grades.pdf unfortunately its not good for making blades, but at least you can learn why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Thanks Jack I believe I have seen that link before and it confirms my earlier thoughts. Get and use a steel that has a good amount of carbon and has a track record of holding up as blades. REal good research woiuld help you with picking a coiuple to try. WAyne Goddards $50 knife shop and The complete bladesmith by Jim Hrousalas are the ones I recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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