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Old 04-20-2006, 02:31 AM
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Inkenel

Hey fellas,

Had the same guy that started my knife making odyssey ask me another question.

What is Inkenel? I did a quick web search and discovered that it is a super hard stainless steel used in jet engines. He had an uncle who said that he wanted to make a knife out of this stuff (the uncle works for Boeing).

I searched the forums and to my shock, I find no matches for this word. Is this one of our commonly used steels by a different name?

What can you tell me about this stuff, so I can answer his questions?


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Old 04-20-2006, 05:14 AM
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try searching inconel http://www.burnsstainless.com/TechAr...l_article.html
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Old 04-20-2006, 07:21 AM
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Excellent! Thank you!


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Old 04-20-2006, 11:38 AM
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According to this site: http://www.hightempmetals.com/techda...nel625data.php The stuff doesn't get hard.
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Old 05-12-2006, 06:29 PM
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There are quite a few Inconel alloys and all of them are very low in carbon. These would not make good knife steels.


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Old 06-04-2006, 07:41 PM
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I work with Inconel 600 and Inconel 800 at work, it is the main component in the making of nuclear steam generators.

Have gotten several pieces over the years from various manufacturers, and good buddies ! It will not harden as we think. But it will work harden to a degree.

My favorite use is in spacers, guards and butt caps. Polishes up VERY nicely, and has more of a silver look than nickle silver, and it wont tarnish easily.

This stuff is very pricey though. So hold on to your shorts when you start pricing it

I have some in 2" round stock if you are intrested. I saw it of in slices for furniture.

If your intrested, drop me a note mikegarner69@hotmail.com

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You got "INK" on the brain Andy....lol


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Old 06-05-2006, 05:09 AM
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I use Inconel 600 for the Argon inlet tubes in my kiln. works great! The name is meant to imply Nickel steel or something.. Inconel, Nickel.. similar?
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We use Inco steels at work in the furnaces and super heaters due to their high heating capabilities and a guy at work has a knife that someone supposedly made for him out of some scrap Inconel. It's a highly decorative piece, and it holds an edge very well. Very shiny and Purdy!
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Some folks, in the past have used it as you would nickel in Damascus, but it is very finicky about forge welding, and often "voids" and/or delams. As has been said, it doesn't harden, and it does make attractive fittings. I recently messed up a blade because I got a piece of inconel mixed up in my pure nickel......and put it in a blade......got several "voids" and wrecked what would have been a very nice blade had I had nickel instead of inconel.


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Old 02-08-2013, 09:19 AM
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When I was at Hughes we made ball valves out of inconel. Tough stuff!
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Old 02-08-2013, 10:00 AM
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The inconel is copper deficient so, when trying to forge the material to carbon steel the copper which aids in the fusion of nickel to steel is absorbed by the inconel and thus the voids. Monel is similar in structure. Designed more for high heat corrosion resistance than hardness. We use it the gas plant all the time......
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Old 02-15-2013, 03:40 AM
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I don't understand why anybody would call inconel "steel". All the inconel analyses I have seen listed show that it is primarily a nickel-chromium alloy. None of them seem to have more than 10% iron. Although it is very corrosion resistant, everything I have heard about it indicates it is very difficult to work with; it work hardens when machined, but won't harden enough for a good knife blade. The reason, I guess, that it doesn't forge weld well is that it rapidly forms a durable passivating oxide layer. Why bother?
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