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And which steel...
Been around for awhile but in helping a new maker who has asked to move away from D2, I was curious about which steel you think is the best to grind. Now please try to talk the old steels used if you can. If not tell me anyway...
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Well, D2 wasn't any fun for me to grind. But, 1084, 1095, 440C, O1, S30V are the steels I used most often today and all of them seem to grind easily to me. Since I do all my grinding post HT that's a pretty fair indication that those steels aren't bad to grind...
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I would vote 01, or even A-2, as they come spherodized annealed. You can carve slivers from then with a knife.
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