My go to steel is AEB-L. I have gotten some very nice results and testing has met or exceeded expectations in both designed tests and real world application. That said, I am still looking for ways to improve, and as of yet I have not done any type of Cryogenic treatments.
My question is this... At what point (temperature) does a "cryo" treatment become effective? That is to say, to achieve optimal results with AEB-L steel? I'm asking to find out if it is mandatory that I get an N2 dewar and N2, or if I can obtain the same effective results using a solvent/dry ice solution? I'm not necessarily looking to cheap out here, but any subsequent savings could be used for other things, knife related, that I would love to have LOL.
Thanks in advance.
My question is this... At what point (temperature) does a "cryo" treatment become effective? That is to say, to achieve optimal results with AEB-L steel? I'm asking to find out if it is mandatory that I get an N2 dewar and N2, or if I can obtain the same effective results using a solvent/dry ice solution? I'm not necessarily looking to cheap out here, but any subsequent savings could be used for other things, knife related, that I would love to have LOL.
Thanks in advance.