Mr Volcano 1095 Steel (3 Pack) 12"x1.5"x 3/16" - Knife Blade - High Carbon Annealed - Flat Stock Bar Blade Billets Blanks for Knife Making, Forging, BladeSmithing, BlackSmithing
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You should anneal the steel before you attempt to work with it if you're having issues with hard spots. Come back later and it will be as soft as butter after it has cool down. Heat it to red hot and then let it cool. In an ice storm, these billets are hard as a diamond because they are laser cut
No matter what steel I used, I went through bits like crazy. On Amazon I bought a set of bits a little while back and are working I am seeing the following on my order NEIKO 11402A Stubby Drill Bit Set for Metal, 5 Piece | 1/4 Inch Quick Change Hex Shank | M2 HSS Steel. .
Acid wash would be your best bet. You can acid wash your items and then throw them in the tumbler for a stone wash finish if you have a tumbler. It will have high corrosion resistance because of this. Periodically, it should still be oiled. There won't be any rust spots on the edge as long as you use a fine ceramic rod to hone it and about 9 times out of 10 the rust will be gone in about 15 minutes. In addition, we will polish your nails to a semi-mirror finish.
There is nothing to fix. It is ready for your attention. As a result, normalization has taken place. You must grind and shape before you can Heat-treating it along with tempering it is the next step. The grinding can still be done, as long as there's no excessively hot grinding. The steel 1095 is good, but after it has been heat treated and tempered, grinding should be done with caution.
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Out of the six billets I received, two had visible bows. In four of the cases, there are what appear to be fractures along both spines, I assume from the milling process, which doesn't appear to go very deep I removed a quarter inch from each, but there is no sign that the fracture went deeper than In other words, I want to learn from them and I don't want to pay for their perfectionism. The 6 stars would have been higher had they all been flat. Even though the fracturing was shallow and some flaw should be expected for the price, the bowed pieces are of a more serious nature.
It has been years since I last heat treated 1095, and I can't seem to I tried a few tried and true methods, including a commercial knife heat treating oven, fork quenching, and proper tempering, but the metal remained soft after three attempts. I have tried dozens of times to treat this steel properly that has worked for me and others, but all of these steels fail as soon as I try to test their hardness. This order was delivered in an envelope, with no paperwork or invoice. I have no idea what type of metal it is, but it's not.
I have no problems at all. A knife I make with this steel can go wrong as easily as one I make with another.
A well-made blade which was heat treated and tempered without any problems, sharpened to a shaving edge and did not roll over when put to the chop test on pine. Well worth the money.
Due to its durability and edge retention, 1095 steel is my preferred steel for making knives. In other words, sizes make little difference to me since I'm going to beat the slag out of them anyways. A change I would make is to buy these in 36-inch lengths instead of 30-inch lengths In order to make shipping and forging layout more efficient, we use 48" lengths.
However, it wasn't the 3/16 " that was advertised, only a little under but closer to 8/64 " and the width was only slightly under 1" As for Metal 5, I've yet to test the metal to see if it hardens and is actually 1095. I'm a blades fan and know a lot about metals, so hopefully the slight shortness in size is the only problem. And secondly, two of them do seem to be oxidized on one side when the other one appears to be fine after further examination. If both sides were oxidized then it would probably be from annealing, but only one side is oxidized and the other is not.
Although these bars had deep scratches and warps, I am willing to work around them. Even if I beat them with a hammer anyway, I was able to feel that two of the bars had a significant delam issue, and one bar had a crack that ran down both sides that would not go away once I hit it. I would normally have sent everything back, but I was under time pressure and only needed 9 inches of the 12 to forge some knives, so I was able to use 2 of the bars by getting creative. I am used to imperfect stock, but delaminations and cracks must go. I would suggest that if you are going to make knives out of these bars, you should expect a width of 1 and 3/8 rather than 1 inch in width. We expect the length to be about a quarter inch short, and the height to be 5". The length and width will also need to be narrowed, and most likely all the edges will need to be ground clean. Considering the price for what it was, I would say that this was an unpleasant experience. I did not measure the thickness. What's the temperature? As far as I can tell, at this point in reviews, Amazon wants me to comment on that.
Despite the fact that I have not actually touched it yet, I think it looks cool. It does not appear to be rusted and it is of the dimensions it was listed It was good that I didn't have to wait as long as I expected. As a result, I suggest it. I can hardly wait until they have 15n20 on hand.
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