W-2 ...............My Perspective

Mark Williams

Mark Williams

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How this novice see's hammerin W-2


The victim : 3/8 " slice of 1.65 or thereabouts W-2. Cross Grain ? Why yes :)

Hardened in brine and a little soap , aggitated quench.

Moves like D-2 at 1695-1750 degress. 52100 below 1650.

Hardened to X RC.......Dont know yet, but hardened zone will curl right off if not tempered pronto.

The cross-grain slice was hammered to a 1" x 4" blade. Maybe 10 % removal.


I tell you what. It's abought as clean as I've seen :D


Cant wait to see the numbers. Ill post em'
 
Umm...

Crap ..... , I dont know.......just lamenting on what I was doin"

I got a big hunk of W-2 and was giving a feable attempt to splain what it was like to forge it.
 
Ohhhhhh ;)

Where'd you find some?

So it seemed hard to move to you?

It is easily one of my favorite steels. I don't like hand-sanding it...but I feel it's one of the best steels a hammer-head could get their hands on. :D

-Nick-
 
Mikey Likey W-2.

Nick -- you know he got it from the same place as the rest of us. ;)
 
Yep , Mikey hooked me up :)

I am very impressed with how clean the steel is. I've been playing with a lot of the 10xx stuff. No comparison.
 
Hey, I can bring you some W2 when I come down. 6'x1/2" round if you want.
Makes some nice little knives. Just wrapped this one.

Did you get any more info on that black stuff?????
 

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is the W in W-2 stand for water quenchable? What other water quenchable steels are there?

I'd like to see whatyou mean by the edge will curl right off Mark....
 
Yep, the "W" is for water quench. There is a whole series of "W" steels but W1 and W2 are the most common and W2 is harder and harder to find (the difference is a touch of vanadium added to the W2). I'd like to try some W2 as well!. Actually water quench steels will harden nicely in oil in the thin cross sections found in blades. The "W" series are also great for producing hamons when using clay coatings and water quenches.
 
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