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SO yeh my 2 cents. AND I DONT FOLLOW MY OWN ADVICE ALL THE TIME but I would say all steels have a different heat treat so pick a steel in my opinion 1084 would be the best for a beginner...learn to heat treat that steel.....this will take some experimenting including making a couple blades and also some coupons (coupons are simple squar or rectangle pieces of the steel 2.5 x 1.25 inch....since you will have to break a couple pieces of steel in half to check how the grain looks its better to break a coupon than a blade....also you didn't mention how do you plan on heat treating do you have a propane forge?
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