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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 5:48:00 GMT
Has anyone in sword-making land ever tried forging a blade from a billet of 9260 with a wrap around of a billet of 1060, or maybe the other way,1060 with a wrap of 9260 ?
In terms of commercial steel they are not TOO expensive and are obtainable quite readily in most countries.
As the qualities of steel are not my forte I am not aware of each steels capabities but as I own quite a few swords made of each steel, and they are the hardest beaters I own, it has always interested me to think if they could be combined, surely they would make a HELL of a strong blade ??
Many of our range sword-making companies seem to be forging 1045/1060 blades. Is this because the steels are compatible ??!! Or just the most readily available steels to hand,at our price ??!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 7:38:37 GMT
hey Chopper,I havent tried what you asked but I have a question for you. Where can I buy 1050 or 1060 in Aus?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 11:08:09 GMT
Yeah well ,apparently you have to order quite a few( in the thousands of ingots) for BHP to sell you them. Surely there must be some small company who can part with a few ??
I am going to ask about and see if its posible . Where there is a will there is a way !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 21:41:46 GMT
Generally speaking, more carbon = harder, less carbon(to a point) = tougher. That's why companies will do laminations of 1045 and 1060. 1060 for the edge(inside layer) and 1045 for the sides/walls of the lamination for toughness. That way they can harden the 1060 more(thus getting a finer edge) while retaining all that wonderful durability.
Since 9260 has the same properties as 1060, but with 2% silicon, there'd be little benefit to making a lamination. It'd in theory look nice if polished just right, but as I said, they're identical except for the silicon(which increases the sword's resistance to metal fatigue), so such a lamination would be better than a 1060 monosteel, but not as good as a 9260 monosteel, and it'd cost more than both.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 21:45:43 GMT
Cheers nice one Adam. It was just one of those thoughts that rattle through my head ! ;D
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