In this first part of forging a knife from a coil spring I forge the shape and heat treat the blade. In part two I will be attaching a handle #handmade #custom #forge
Good ol 5160. Nice job! Most use Parks 50 to quench everything when Parks AAA is for 5160. It is best to normalize 3 times at a lower temp each time before quench. Then temper right after quench. I notice most temper at 400, that is too high of a Rockwell for me, I temper 5160 at 450 to stay within 57-58 Rockwell. Forge On!!!
