Re: How hard should I make a bowie knife from L6??
- From: "Bigguy" <gtittley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:20:39 +0100
IMHO best would be a hardness gradient front to back of approx R60 to R48
ish... ?
Opinions?
Guy
"Stephen N" <mr_methane@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi there I am sending away 4 or 5 blades of L6 to get professionally
treated
and was wondering what sort of hardness I should get them treated too
No Alvin not 64 rockwell
8-)
They are bowie/clip point knives made from Admiral Steels L6
pics at
http://members.westnet.com.au/snixon/pictures/ubowies2.jpg
http://members.westnet.com.au/snixon/pictures/ubowies1.jpg
The place Im getting them done at probably dosnt offer the full bainite
treatment which would be nice I guess for impact resistance
A quick google search bought up Cliff Stamps page and he mentions a tanto
made by running dog that was treated to 57-58 rockwell so I guess thats
not
a bad hardness??
thanks for any help
Stephen Nixon
knifemaker who dosn't use carbon steel much....
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