Recent content by SM Chris

Thank you both for your incite. I was definitely worried that there was something I didn't account for. I will have to learn more about retained austenite as my understanding of it was totally different. I thought that it was the tendency for the structure of the steel to convert to austenite...

Update: I have been out in the shed chopping copper wire and hammering this knife through plywood (a rip cut against the grain) and it didn't chip at all. I did a brass rod test and put my full weight on a fine edge and it bent before chipping. I don't know if the rockwell tester at the...

So I've recently started experimenting with stainless steel and i figured that 440c would be a good place to start. I have made and heat treated several knives and felt like i was getting good results so I brought one of my knives to my friendly local machine shop to test the hardness. We...