rhinoknives
Well-Known Member
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I have a self proclaimed knife steel Mavin man that claims that Sabatier carbon steel knife blades have picked up 4-5 RC points because the have been sitting in a box at room temp for 40 years?
He first used the term Steel ageing and then when pressed he called the process precipitation hardening.
I know that there is a way of adding hardening to alumium and some stainless spring steels by increasing the soak time and adding elements Which is a form of Precipition hardening.
Have any of you seem this in knife steels? Carbon Steels to be exzact?
where the steel could picking more RC measurable hardness just from sitting at room temp?
Laurence
www.rhinoknives.com/
I have a self proclaimed knife steel Mavin man that claims that Sabatier carbon steel knife blades have picked up 4-5 RC points because the have been sitting in a box at room temp for 40 years?
He first used the term Steel ageing and then when pressed he called the process precipitation hardening.
I know that there is a way of adding hardening to alumium and some stainless spring steels by increasing the soak time and adding elements Which is a form of Precipition hardening.
Have any of you seem this in knife steels? Carbon Steels to be exzact?
where the steel could picking more RC measurable hardness just from sitting at room temp?
Laurence
www.rhinoknives.com/