John Martin Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 When I've looked at the knives in here it is always a type of steel 10## It seems like a mild steel. Why don't you use tool steel because it's so tough, other than expense? PLease explain what kind of steel you want when make a knife and why? I am very curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 So a leaf spring is an example of plain carbon steel that I could use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son_of_bluegrass Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Tool steels tend to be difficult to forge. To get the most out of them often requires soaking at a specific heat during heat treat that is difficult in a coal/charcoal forge. The 10XX series are easy to forge, cheap and with enough carbon (around 60 point or better) makes for an excellant knife. at least that is my view of the world ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pault17 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 M Leaf spring is doable, but I have found that a short piece of coil spring is easier to cut and hammer into shape than a chunk of leaf spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 So a leaf spring is an example of plain carbon steel that I could use? The leaf spring (assuming it is from a vehicle such as a truck) is probably some sort of alloy like 5160, etc. So, to answer your question, the leaf (vehicle) spring is NOT considered a "plain carbon steel". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Okay thank-you for helping me to better understand this everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcraigl Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 MB, You should throuroughly read and studyhttp://www.feine-klingen.de/PDFs/verhoeven.pdf. Then some of this stuff will make more sense to you. ML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredlyFX Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Thanks for posting that mcraigl. Very interesting stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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