chrispychris Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 silver steel is has a carbon content of about 1% is that enough to make a decent knife or if not what percentage of carbon would? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) what is silver steel? Please use standard terms, for accurate information. revision: I have just been informed that "silver steel" IS a standard term in the UK. My mistake. Edited January 15, 2009 by steve sells error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Yes it makes a good knife i have seen many blades made from it on the British Blades forum. I think it is similar to 1095 but don't quote me on that. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPH Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Interesting... Hummm I seem to remember the old Queen Cutlery Company use to market a line of pocket knives that used what they called "Silver Steel"..which turned out to be the then "new" 440-C stainless... Chris: for a knife you would be looking for carbon in the 60 point to 100 popint ramge, generally speaking...I use a lot of 1095 and 1095 Electrite...I love that stuff... Well back to finishing up stuff for this weekend's show.. JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkaschner Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 IIRC silver steel is essentially W1 by a different name. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 JPH, you're goin' back a looong way :-) with the QCC. 1950's anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispychris Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 thanks for the info guys ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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