A2 for a Santoku?

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Mike22

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I am very new to making knives. Is this a decent Steel for this? I will be hand filing an sanding this blade. It's a gift an have months to complete no rush.

Thanks

Mike
 
Wait, wait, wait...

Can you write this again?

Because mostly from that what you say, I can't get a clue what do you have on mind...
 
Yes it will work but it is not ideal.

Go to Alpha Knife supply and buy some AEBL in the size you want. Send out to be heat treated with cryo and it will a better suited for a Santoku
 
A2 definitely a decent steel for Santoku but you need to send it to proper commercial heat treater if you want to do it right.
 
As shqxk said. A2 is actually a great steel for kitchen knives (check out Yoshikane SKD knives for example I have their Hakata santoku) The edge holding can be incredible. But as always it is the heat treat that matters most and you should test and see what external service does the HT to your liking. A2 can be taken up to HRC64, but will then tend to micro-chip.
 
Thanks for the responses. After reading my initial post I'm not sure how you guys figured out what I was asking. An idea ran through my head an I posted the question sitting in the car with my wife saying hurry I'm starving.

Thanks again

Mike
 
I am hand-filing (beveling) and sanding blades (just started, really), so it was not a big leap for me to understand :) And I also plat to use A2, but the stock I can is little too thick for kitchen knives (3.9mm), otherwise I would definitely make some kitchen knives out of it.
 
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