03-01-2018, 09:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-01-2018, 11:21 PM by Mark Reich.)
Well, "spring steel" isn't necessarily any more accurately described than "surgical steel". In reality, surgical steel is garbage, and 1095 is not used for springs.
Virtually all steel gets "springy" simply from being heavily tempered martensite. A better description of 1095 in spring condition is just "1095- XXtra soft", which, at HRC 50, is exactly what you have.
5160 (actual spring steel) at RHC 50 would work a lot better.
What this new implement is actually going to do is determine edge stability.
If I haven't said that, I surely should have. I know I've been thinking it.
Virtually all steel gets "springy" simply from being heavily tempered martensite. A better description of 1095 in spring condition is just "1095- XXtra soft", which, at HRC 50, is exactly what you have.
5160 (actual spring steel) at RHC 50 would work a lot better.
What this new implement is actually going to do is determine edge stability.
If I haven't said that, I surely should have. I know I've been thinking it.