Thread: 1095 grain size
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Old 05-16-2017, 01:56 PM
Doug Lester Doug Lester is offline
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You just have to remember that 1095 is a shallow hardening steel that will only harden to a maximum thickness, depending on the grain size. So try as you might you may only get the blade to harden to 1/8" thickness or less. However, I have read from Kevin Cashin that he has gottten 1095 to harden out to about 1/4" without growing the grain.

Doug


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