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getting an edc fixed blade made, gonna be a work knife and just overall hard use probably. my steel options are 1095, 1070+CR, and 5160. i was gonna go with 1095 but then was warned about corrosion especially with being in the coastal areas of florida with such high humidity and salt content, then i was told to go with 1070 but i dont know much about steels. what do you guys think would be best?
 
Those will all rust in salt water/high humidity,go with stainless.Why not buy a amount you will need for your knife ship it to the maker?Or is this to be a hand forge blade,given the steel options?
 
Getting older said:
Those will all rust in salt water/high humidity,go with stainless.Why not buy a amount you will need for your knife ship it to the maker?Or is this to be a hand forge blade,given the steel options?
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the person lives in ireland and im in the US. also im not going to be working /in/ saltwater, ill be about 4+ miles off the coast, not too sure if theres even a reason to be concerned really
 
Why not find a way to make this harder?

Why buy from this one guy with a limited steel choice and on the other side of the world.
 
i was recommended by someone else on another forum who lives in florida that pretty much any steel is susceptible to rust there even stainless, that if you oil and clean it regularly you should be fine. would someone believe this to be true?
 
5160 would be my choice, from those listed. Nothing really wrong with the others, but for a work knife, 5160 is a really good steel. I recently purchased 2 Buck knives in 5160, good stuff.

At the end of the day, rinse it in fresh water, dry it well, and apply a light coat of oil, you should be fine. A mirror polish would help greatly, less surface porosity to hold moisture.
 
If that's all the choices you have and you don't want rust. Choose some one else.

Or you'll have to just constantly oil the blade which could be perfectly fine for you. Mineral oil is fairly cheap to buy and will last a long time. If it rusts you can sand it off and put another edge on it again.
 
justjed said:
5160 would be my choice, from those listed. Nothing really wrong with the others, but for a work knife, 5160 is a really good steel. I recently purchased 2 Buck knives in 5160, good stuff.

At the end of the day, rinse it in fresh water, dry it well, and apply a light coat of oil, you should be fine. A mirror polish would help greatly, less surface porosity to hold moisture.
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yeah the guy in florida recommended to clean it, use a metal polishing paste, and then cover it in kroil oil.
 
Another option would be to get whatever you want and get the blade coated.

ETA - js1 just beat me to it!
 
im gonna ask the guy if he has access to/can get some stainless first, any that i should ask for specific if he can?

also i just relooked and he has o1 tool steel available too.
 
O1 is good stuff, but will rust even faster than 1095, which is pretty good at it.

If your guy will work in stainless, 440C has decent corrosion resistance, and Sandvik 14C28N is a pretty good all around steel, fairly tough for stainless, good edge-holding, easy to sharpen, and pretty decent corrosion resistance. Even with stainless, you'll still have to take a little more care of it, considering the work environment. These steels are very popular in Europe, and should be fairly inexpensive. But if he doesn't work in stainless, you'll still be ok.
 
baldegale said:
getting an edc fixed blade made, gonna be a work knife and just overall hard use probably. my steel options are 1095, 1070+CR, and 5160. i was gonna go with 1095 but then was warned about corrosion especially with being in the coastal areas of florida with such high humidity and salt content, then i was told to go with 1070 but i dont know much about steels. what do you guys think would be best?
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1075 or 1095 are basically the same single alloy high carbon steel its just 1095 had the greater carbon cintent. Corrosion would not be much different
Anything thst contsins decent chomium is the best choice in high corrosion environments. That means one of the stainlesss steels that are only named stainless when they go a little higher in it than say D2 which is an excellent air hardening knife steel that is only a hair off being called stainless.
Stainless as in knife grades still can rust it just does so a lot slower. Look after any knife well and definitely dont leave it in a wet leather shieth and rust is not so big a deal (but then many of us do neglect our kit pretty regular).
 
justjed said:
O1 is good stuff, but will rust even faster than 1095, which is pretty good at it.

If your guy will work in stainless, 440C has decent corrosion resistance, and Sandvik 14C28N is a pretty good all around steel, fairly tough for stainless, good edge-holding, easy to sharpen, and pretty decent corrosion resistance. Even with stainless, you'll still have to take a little more care of it, considering the work environment. These steels are very popular in Europe, and should be fairly inexpensive. But if he doesn't work in stainless, you'll still be ok.
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Bowland_Blades said:
1075 or 1095 are basically the same single alloy high carbon steel its just 1095 had the greater carbon cintent. Corrosion would not be much different
Anything thst contsins decent chomium is the best choice in high corrosion environments. That means one of the stainlesss steels that are only named stainless when they go a little higher in it than say D2 which is an excellent air hardening knife steel that is only a hair off being called stainless.
Stainless as in knife grades still can rust it just does so a lot slower. Look after any knife well and definitely dont leave it in a wet leather shieth and rust is not so big a deal (but then many of us do neglect our kit pretty regular).
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i apologize as im extremely overwhelmed by all this information lol im terrible at decision making so i still have no clue whats the best option. i might try and find a custom maker here but its just unfortunate cause i really like his design and i feel like itd be wrong to steal his design that he drew up for me and go to another maker.
 
baldegale said:
getting an edc fixed blade made, gonna be a work knife and just overall hard use probably. my steel options are 1095, 1070+CR, and 5160. i was gonna go with 1095 but then was warned about corrosion especially with being in the coastal areas of florida with such high humidity and salt content, then i was told to go with 1070 but i dont know much about steels. what do you guys think would be best?
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Spyderco makes s fixed blade in LC200N. That's what you need. Look into it.
 
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