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Old 03-18-2018, 01:46 PM
epicfail48 epicfail48 is offline
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Honestly, when you're just starting out, buy the steel. It makes the entire process a lot easier than using mystery steel, and the cost is minimal. I recommend starting with 1084, its relatively cheap and dead simple to heat treatment. If you start with a known, virgin steel, you can focus your attention on getting the heat treatment correct, rather than guessing on mystery steels and hoping you don't hit any residual stress issues.

I like New Jersey Steel Baron for 1084, really nice stuff to work with. I'd stay away from 1095 and w2 until you get some success under your belt, the heat treatment on both of those is a little bit trickier to get right
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