WHIT ALL THE DIFFERENT KNIFE STEELS AND HEAT TREATMEND OPTIONS .
ITS IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW THE STEEL WORK WHIT YOUR HEAT TREAMEND .
FOR EXAMPLE WHAT QUENCHING MEDIUM YOU USE .SOME STEELS ONLY HARDEN IN OIL SOME IN WATER OR EVEN AIR
THEREFOR ITS IMPORTEND TO TEST THE STEEL THAT YOU USING WHIT YOUR HEAT TREATMEND
HOW TO TEST THE STEEL
THIS IS HOW I DO MY TESTING
FIRST CAN I HARDEN THE STEEL
IS IT EASY TO SHARPEN , HOW SHARP CAN I GET IT. AND HOW LONG WIL IT HOLD ITS EDGE .
HOW IMPACKT RESISTAND IS THE STEEL
WHAT I DO IS CUTING A 5MM NAIL WHIT A 0,40 MM THIK EDGE
IT WIL DO SOME DAMIDGE IF IT SHIPS THE STEEL IS TO HARD
THAN I HIT THE WHOLE KNIFE UNTIL IT BRAKES TO LOOK AT THE GRAIN OF THE STEEL. THE GRAIN SHUT BE VERY SMAL ON THE HARD STEEL