Stainless question

gaelic forge

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Most of us in this section do not use stainless and that includes me. While perusing the most recent edition of the Backwoodsman magazine I read a piece where someone was repurposing the stainless from shock absorber shafts into blades. My question to those of you who may know the stainless type of this steel is: what is it, and is it a decent stainless for knife work? Thanks!
 
O.K., after 25 views or so I can conclude that so far no one knows the composition of this steel. Picked up a couple 3/4 ton pick-up used shocks from a neighbor yesterday and will disassemble them and take some pics of this stuff. Might call the manuf. and see if they will tell me what the composition is. Hopefully, it is NOT the crap they make sinks from!
 
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