detailed knife steel information?

[Cyclone]

The dreaded first post, I need help with finding out some knife
steel info, I want to expand my knowledge on steel, but cannot find
a website which had good information on all of the steels being used
today, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Follow the link at the top of this Bladeforums web page title "TUTORIALS/FAQ's" and look for the steel faq. Another good place to start is at Spyderco's website: http://www.spyderco.com/whybuy.asp
then select "Edge-ucation". Another nice place is Linder's steel info page:
http://linder.itchi.de/s/static/en/stahltabelle.html

 

[Jeff Clark]

In case it seems dificult to find the steel faq, here is a direct link:
http://www.bladeforums.com/features/faqsteel.shtml

 

[Cyclone]

Thanks!

 

[Keith Montgomery]

You will want to check out this site. It gives you a lot of information on all facets of knife making and knife making materials.

http://www.engnath.com/public/manframe.htm

 

[Cyclone]

All that info was great, but I'm wondering where I get a listing
of a rockwell hardness chart for all the steels. Anyone got a
clue?

 

[knifenerd]

There's an excellent book: Metallurgy Fundamentals, by Danial A. Brandt and J.C. Warner, published by Goodheart-Willcox Company,1999. It's available from Barnes and Nobles at www.bn.com

It's a very detailed overview of the entire steel-making process, written in a straightforward mannner. If you can read charts and a few simple algebraic equations, you can really learn alot. You don't need an engineering degree to get through it.

 

[Bart student]

remember.. HRC is not the best indication of Cutting ability or edgeholding.

Rockwell hardness is also not a factor of which steel you use, but how you Heat-treath it. You can use D2 at HRC 55 and you can use D2 at HRC 64.

There are however lists of optimal HRC values given a certain steel for knives. Is that what you are referring to? I 've seen it somewhere, but i dunno where.

Greetz and take care, bart.