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I feel like I've read 100s of forum posts on tempering 5160, and still have doubts about what temperature I should be tempering my large chopper knives at that will be used for batoning wood. I even read Ed Caffery's thoughts on 5160, but when it comes to tempering toward the end, he gets kind...

Hello from Visalia, CA. At this point, I strictly make knives as an occasional hobby. I don't have any special tools yet, so at this point I simply make stock-removal, 5160 knives out of leaf springs using an angle grinder, hand files and sandpaper (after I anneal with a shop-vac powered...

I really enjoy making my knives out of 5160 steel... it's forgiving and has fairly easy hardening/tempering capabilities for a novice like me that likes to heat treat with a torch and kitchen oven. I like that I can get free 5160 when my buddies or I swap out leaf springs on our Jeeps. Mainly...