Chujybear
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Hello.
I'm sure my first question has been covered adnausium, but I haven't found the particular answer in the archives. But please forgive me.
1• I would like to solicit opinions on the best carbon steel for a knife ( in this case I would be making a kitchen knife) that results in a very nice useable knife, but doesn't suffer any in the carveability department?
2• (unrelated to the first question). Is leaf spring steel (from a truck) a standard quality/alloy of steel? I have been making wood tools out of leaf spring forever, and always quenched in oil to harden.. But as I was looking for the right piece of metal for kitchen knife I discovered that some steels were oil hardening , and others were water hardening. Which lead me to wondering, and the true question I have in this thread- is leaf spring steel going to be oil hardening? Or could it be water hardening?
Thank you
Gwaai
I'm sure my first question has been covered adnausium, but I haven't found the particular answer in the archives. But please forgive me.
1• I would like to solicit opinions on the best carbon steel for a knife ( in this case I would be making a kitchen knife) that results in a very nice useable knife, but doesn't suffer any in the carveability department?
2• (unrelated to the first question). Is leaf spring steel (from a truck) a standard quality/alloy of steel? I have been making wood tools out of leaf spring forever, and always quenched in oil to harden.. But as I was looking for the right piece of metal for kitchen knife I discovered that some steels were oil hardening , and others were water hardening. Which lead me to wondering, and the true question I have in this thread- is leaf spring steel going to be oil hardening? Or could it be water hardening?
Thank you
Gwaai