01 steel for folder?

[gusval]

I have few feet of 01 tool steel precision ground 1/8 X 1.inch
Not sure watt to do whit it
I am in to making folders more than fixed blades,
I don't have a forge yet,

Need to know pros and cont of using 01 for folders
Or maybe I sure try to sell this and buy ats34 or s30v

 

[Cubane]

Nothing wrong with using O1 for folders. Most of my slip joints have been made with O1. I think it is good since it is readily available in precision ground sizes. I have had less problems with it rusting than I have have with plain carbon steels like 1055 and 1075.

Alistair

 

[Don Hanson III]

I made at least a couple hundred folders with 01 blades and springs back in the 90s'.
I'll take 01 over the other steels you mentioned.

 

[gusval]

thank you guys
good to hear this

 

[jprice76]

I've used O1 for several folders and like it very much!

I too have found it more
resistant to rusting than the 1095 folder blades I've
made.