knife steel testing

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