Edwardshandmadeknives
Well-Known Member
So, I have some Takafu Shiro 2 that I wanted to forge out into a chefs knife. I’ve never worked with this stuff, kind of bought it on a whim. Looking at its makeup, it appears to be kind of like 1095 with around .2 chromium and about 1% nickel. Sort of in between 1095 and 52100. Anyone work with this stuff? I have enough to make two HT samples, in addition to one blade. Was thinking of heat treating it like 52100. Before I waste a bunch of time working with this I figured I would see if anyone had insight in working with it.