W-2
W-2 was designed for applications where a very high surface [...]
L6
A low alloy tool steel with additions of nickel for [...]
O-1
O-1 is one of the most commonly available tool steels [...]
52100
One of 2 steels in the 5XXXX series listed by [...]
5160
Considered a high-carbon alloy steel used for applications where toughness [...]
1095
1095 is a very simple high carbon steel that is [...]
1084
1084 is nearly identical to 1080 resulting in it being [...]
1080
1080 has a slightly higher manganese content than other 10XX [...]
Blade Heat Treatments
Heat Treatments Normalizing The very name of "normalizing" best [...]
Steel Selection
With the plethora of steels available today one can easily [...]