Lighting the fire:
This chapter is the beginning of this passion that led us to make the first forged knife.
Think before you begin so that we are finally making the knife, which kind of use we will give you, and we can do really.
Maybe today you are with little equipment and only have a bracero fan powered by a hand, or may already have your own gas forge . These early questions are you going to do whenever I started a new project.
Let us then choose, if we can, a steel that is right for our knife. Try to learn as much as possible the steel, the source, if possible, manufacturer and all the technical details of the recommended heat treatment.
Many times, especially at the beginning of our trip did not even know where to go to buy steel or just do not know how to ask for steel.
This is simple. The plates are grouped by characteristics that make them up, ie the component that predominates in the "mix" will give Steel name or number.
So much so that the steel SAE by the acronym in English are numbered for each item. For example, carbon steels always start with number 1, the number that follows is the amount of this component has. For example the 1045 steel has 0.45% carbon and 0.95
1095continued in the table can see the classification used for the SAE steels and that number corresponds to each steel.
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But of all these which serve us for cutlery? , the idea is that steel cutlery is at least 0.50% carbon. But why? The amount of carbon is what gives you the ability to acquire the steel hardness is what differentiates it from simple iron.
Other components we will be adding properties in the final balance. For example, a carbon-chromium steel, such as 5160, in addition to 0.60% carbon is 0.80 to 1% chromium which adds better edge retention and greater resistance to oxidation, but oxidized it is less than the 1060. On with the numbers. The 52100 has
Below you will see a table of steels used for cutlery. Do not panic if you do not know any because many are with their trade names.
Once we get the steel either purchased or recycled try to find out what type it in order to complete the heat treatment. Below you will find a list of the most common steels can be found in pottery from around the world and its possible uses.
Agricultural Tools 1080
Bearing Bolillas 52100
tape Sierra L6
Clutch Disc 1070
Spirals Cushions 5160
Rods engine 1040
Cigüeñal 1045
wicks m2
Quotes of vetilador 1020
Files W2
Engranajes transmission 3115
Disc Plow 1080
Industrial Knives m2
Piano String 1085
railroad tracks 4140
Railroad Nails 1020
suspension Elastics 5160 / 9260
mechanical saws saw m42
steel But what use?
I recommend you start with the most basic and easy to work. That allows us to make mistakes and it's not too expensive. For this the ideal is the 5160, it is achieved price at the battery, and is also easily accessible by the china shop.
If ever you have questions about steel I recommend you do a simple test. Smoothly is to support the piece of steel on a stone or a grinding machine and see what kind of sparks out to do.
Iron or 1030. As shown in the photo sparks are thin and long, and mostly linear.
With the passage of time and the various tests that can gauge fencing by the eye and come to realize how much is in each sample.
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