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Title: 1095 cracking
Post by: Sharppoint on November 30, 2011, 06:00:00 PM
help please! when im grinding my bevels im geting hair line cracks from the bottom towards the spine. no problem with 5160,d2 or o1 just seems to be with 1095 high carbon 1/8 inch cold roll steel. could i be geting to hot and cooling to much. thanks for any help
Title: Re: 1095 cracking
Post by: kansas stik man on November 30, 2011, 06:01:00 PM
is the steel in hardened or annealed state?
Title: Re: 1095 cracking
Post by: Lin Rhea on November 30, 2011, 06:06:00 PM
There's not enough information. Are you forging? How are you heating and cooling? What is the history of that particular bar of steel?
Title: Re: 1095 cracking
Post by: Lamey on November 30, 2011, 06:34:00 PM
yep more info needed,   ive used 1095 or W2 almost exclusively for over 15 years.. to date I have had 3 blades crack,  all three my fault.