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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: agd68 on July 22, 2008, 11:12:00 AM

Title: Leafspring Steel
Post by: agd68 on July 22, 2008, 11:12:00 AM

Anybody use leafsprings for making knives? What's the steel like?

Title: Re: Leafspring Steel
Post by: Wampus on July 22, 2008, 11:24:00 AM

Most leaf springs made before about 1973 are 5160 which is a very good knife steel.  More modern stuff may be more exotic alloys that may or may not respond to common oil quench and tempering.