blade steels

[m16a2soldier]

what are the characteristics and advantages of the different blade steels? Im considering learning how to forge my own knives, and am trying to select a good steel or two to work with

 

[Morales]

There you go, it isn't too difficult to find this one :
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=368828

And for further preparations:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452465

It's a lot of reading but it's worth it!

 

[knarfeng]

There is an entire forum here for knife makers. You might want to do a bit of reading there:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=741