Forging 5160 Steel Knife

Forging max heat 2200 degrees f.
Forging 5160 steel knife. There are a few different 10v replacements including bohler k390 and uddeholm vanadis 8 those steels are more expensive but they are advertised as having superior toughness. It has been used by many forging bladesmiths due to its good properties and also wide availability especially in the form of leaf springs. 5160 a spring steel. Kevin mccrackin 9 015 views.
5160 is a low alloy steel known for its excellent toughness. Popular sword manufacturers that use 5160 spring steel are hanwei forge and generation 2. We have blade steels for knife making such as high carbon 1095 1075 1084 5160 and 15n20. 5160 spring steel is mainly used on medieval type swords.
Alloy steel 5160 also sold as aisi 5160 is a high carbon and chromium spring steel. For low alloy forging steels 8670 could be replaced by 5160 or l6 and cruforgev could be replaced by 1 2519 blue 1 or v toku 1. 5160 steel spec s and heat treating from the asm manual. 52 is low for a knife lower molten salt bath to about 400 450 f depending on the use of the knife.
If you re interested in making your own knife with 5160 steel check out this slab of 5160 steel on amazon. Thanks to lewis david abbot and nick shabazz for becoming knife steel nerds patreon supporters. I m adding this because the above was writen for tool spring steel use. See our s7 punch stock and 4140 hammer head blanks.
High toughness and good wear resistance. What is 5160 steel. Do not forge below 1600 degrees f. 6150 a chromium vanadium alloy.
And that s just a few types of raw materials to help you on your way. Popular steel for forging swords and large knives. 10v is also sold as pm a11 though. We have soft forging 1018 cold rolled bar stock in square and round.
Although 5160 steel is primarily used in longer blades such as swords here s an example of a knife that uses 5160 steel.