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Title: Knife Steel, Ease of grind question?
Post by: TheBigRedArcher on May 21, 2010, 03:41:00 PM

Ok, so I normally use D2. Recently a buddy of mine requested a custom knife out of 1095. Is 1095 as easy to work with or easier than D2? I am going to be making the knife via stock removal, and flat grinding the blade using a homemade jig.

Thanks for the help.

Title: Re: Knife Steel, Ease of grind question?
Post by: R H Clark on May 22, 2010, 10:45:00 AM

You would have to look at the wear resistance charts for both steels.The one I've heard the most complaint about is CPM3V.

Title: Re: Knife Steel, Ease of grind question?
Post by: Lamey on May 24, 2010, 09:39:00 AM

1095 generally works much easier then D2.

Title: Re: Knife Steel, Ease of grind question?
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on May 24, 2010, 10:32:00 AM

The 10XX series seem to be the easiest to work for me.  1095 being high carbon is a bit tougher to hit the hardening and tempering perfectly.   It takes a bit of soak time at the proper temperatures to get all that carbon to distribute evenly in the matrix prior the quench sequence.

Title: Re: Knife Steel, Ease of grind question?
Post by: TheBigRedArcher on May 25, 2010, 12:09:00 PM

Thanks for the info guys. As I do not do my own tempering I don't have to worry about correct temps and quenching ( I would like to get to that point at some point). Lets see what happens.  

TBRA