tell me about 1084 steel

In the AISI steel designations, the last two numbers are the carbon content in 1/100’s of 1%. In other words, 1095 has nominally 0.95% carbon and 1084 has 0.84%. The “10” indicates that these are plain carbon steels with no significant alloying elements except for iron and carbon plus some manganese.


1084 is generally tougher than 1095 but less wear resistant.





- Frank
 
As I recall, .84% is nominally the amount of carbon that will uniformly dissolve in iron. Sort of an optimal blend. With 1084 you get a maximum hardness with a minimum sacrifice in toughness. I really like the way it feels when I sharpen it and it takes a particularly sharp edge.
 
Jeff,

Facinating Info. on the "optimal Carbon."

So if this is the "optimal" absorbtion for Iron, does that mean that 1084 will rust less than 1095 (significanly less than just .11% less carbon)??
 
As the previous poster said, 1084 is about as simple as steel can get.

Just iron and carbon and maybe some trace elements as well.

I really like steels of this nature for general usage blades. They are extremely cheap and work very well.

The only real drawback is that they will rust readily if you don't take care of them.
 
You can't go wrong with Craig Camerer's work. He makes a lot of knife for the money. I've got one on order right now.
 
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