51670n steel?

I think that is a commercial,plate steel.Mete or Kevin could answer better,but I believe it would make OK knives.It should work similar to 5160 if I recall this steel right.Hopefully they will chime in here.
Stacy
 
I believe that 516 70n is about 30-35 points carbon, the "n", I know, stands for normalized.
 
ASME 516 Grade 70 n - .27-.30 C, .15-.40 Si, .85-1.20 Mn . This is a plate steel for pressure vessels with a 70,000psi yield strength.n = normalized. Not suitable for knives since it doesn't have enough carbon .
 
Thanks mete,I remembered it was a specialized plate steel.Forgot the low carbon content.Knifeaholic,ignore what I said about using it (most people do anyway).
Stacy
 
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