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Dan Scheid of Flying Horse Forge was kind enough to correct my description of Japanese folded steel . Pig Iron has too much carbon in it. The smiths working
Thank you for your post listing some of the symbols used to designate knife steel. This is the first post I have seen from you & I released it today, the day I
well i made two post both where not put through it is aparent to me that this list is not for anyone serouse in the knife buss so good luck playing in a small
this can be found in any "how to make a knife book" but here is a genral over view. W= water hardening S= Shock resiisting O= Oil hardening A= air hardening D=