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Hi everyone,
So I'm now looking to make a nice friction folder for edc and I'm having a small problem with the steel. I have an older saw blade that has staggered teeth and NO carbide tips, and looking into it i think that the steel is 15n20 but i could be wrong. My question is about the heart treat though. From my research most of the steels used for saw blades are oil hardened so therefore add my first knife would it basically be okay to just heat the steel until a magnet doesn't stick, oil quench it, and temper at about 400 for 2 hours?
I did this with a file knife and it came out just fine, a little on the hard side actually but it was okay. I tested just a basic hardening like i described on a piece of w2 and the diamond files barely cut into them so I'm guessing it worked fairly well?
Any tips are appreciated because this is my first ever friction folder.
Thanks everyone!
So I'm now looking to make a nice friction folder for edc and I'm having a small problem with the steel. I have an older saw blade that has staggered teeth and NO carbide tips, and looking into it i think that the steel is 15n20 but i could be wrong. My question is about the heart treat though. From my research most of the steels used for saw blades are oil hardened so therefore add my first knife would it basically be okay to just heat the steel until a magnet doesn't stick, oil quench it, and temper at about 400 for 2 hours?
I did this with a file knife and it came out just fine, a little on the hard side actually but it was okay. I tested just a basic hardening like i described on a piece of w2 and the diamond files barely cut into them so I'm guessing it worked fairly well?
Any tips are appreciated because this is my first ever friction folder.
Thanks everyone!