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​Title: In The Field Knife Sharpening

Description: 
1. What items to take with you in the field
2. What grain of sand paper to use first
3. How to get rid of nicks
4. How to get a nice buff
5. What part of the knife is the hardest to sharpen
6. How to prevent rust
7. How to keep your knifes spin sharp

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Title: Knife Safety

Description: 
1. The Triangle of Death
2. Peeling a Stick with a Knife
3. Proper Carving Technique
4. The Knee Lever
5. The Chest Lever Grip
6. Cutting Towards the Chest
7.  Using the Knife as a Shear
8. Fine Spliting
​9. Cutting Across the Grain

blacksmithing
​"The Knowledge behind the blades"


In blacksmithing the standards for classifying the characteristics of the steel was done during the early 1940's buy the Society of Automotive Engineers also known as the (S.A.E) and the American Iron and Steel Institute also known as the (A.I.S.I) in which they designated a coding system to define the types and grades of steel available. In this the classifications contains 4 to 5 numeric characters with additional letters to designate special characteristics of the steel such as 1080, 5160, L6, and 52100. The very first number depicts the general category of steel. Which is:
<Number System >

​1            
2            
3            
4            
5            
6            
7            
8            
     9            
< Type of Steel>

Carbon Steel
Nickle Steel
Nickle/Chrome Steel
Molybdenum Steel
Chromium Steel
Chrome Vanadium Steel
Tungsten Steel
Nickle Chromium Vanadium Steel
Silicon Manganese Steel
The second number indicates if there are elements which are present that effect attributes of the steel. The last two digits (three digits for a few grades) indicate the actual amount of carbon percentage which is present.

For example:

1080 Steel :The zero next to the one such as 1o__ indicates that there is no major secondary element present. Therefore the main element is Carbon Steel. Where as the last two digits __80 indicate the actual amount of carbon percentage which is present which in this case is 0.80% Carbon Steel.

1095 Steel :The zero next to the one such as 1o__ indicates that there is no major secondary element present. Therefore the main element is Carbon Steel. Where as the last two digits __95 indicate the actual amount of carbon percentage which is present which in this case is 0.95% Carbon Steel.
Steel Type
Number/Specification

Carbon Steel



10__           - Plain Carbon Steel, Mn 1.00% max
11__            - Resulfurized Free Cutting
12__            - Resulfurized Rephosphorized Free Cutting
​
15__            - Plain Carbon Steel, Mn 1.00-1.65%
​Manganese Steel
​Nickle Steel
​13__              -Mn. 1.75%
23__              -Ni 3.50%
25__              -Ni 5.00%
Nickle Chromium Steel
31__              -Ni 1.25%, Cr 0.65-0.80%
32__             -Ni 1.75%, Cr 1.07%
33__             -Ni 3.50%, Cr 1.50-1.57%
34__             -Ni 3.00%, Cr 0.77%
Molybdenum Steel
​40__            -Mo 0.20-0.25%
44__            -Mo 0.40-0.52%
Chromium Molybdenum Steel
Nickle Chromium Molybdenum Steel​

41__             -​Cr o.50%-0..95%, Mo 0.12-0.30%
43__             -Ni 1.82%, Cr 0.50-0.80%, Mo 0.25%
47__             -Ni 1.05%, Cr o.45%, Mo 0.20-0.35%
Nickle Molybdenum Steel
​46__             -Ni 0.85-1.82%, Mo 0.20-0.25%
48__             -Ni 3.50%, Mo 0.25%
Chromium Steel
​50__             -Cr 0.27-0.65%
51__              -Cr 0.80-1.05%
50___            -Cr 0.50% C 1.00% min
51___            -Cr 1.02%, C 1.00% min
52___            -Cr 1.45%, C 1.00% min
Chromium Vanadium Steel
 Tungsten Chromium Steel
Nickle Chromium Molybdenum Steel
61__              -Cr o.60-0.95%, V 0.10-0.15%
72__              -W 1.75%, Cr 0.75%
81__               -Ni 0.30%, Cr 0.40%, Mo 0.12%
86__              -Ni 0.55%, Cr 0.50%, Mo 0.20%
87__              -Ni 0.55%, Cr 0.50%, Mo 0.25%
88__              -Ni 0.55%, Cr 0.50% Mo 0.35%
Silicon Manganese Steel
Nickel Chromium Molybdenum Steel
​92__             -​Si 1.40-2.00%, Mn 0.65-0,85%, Cr 0.65%
93__             -Ni 3.25%, Cr 1.20%, Mo 0.12%
94__             -Ni 0.45%, Cr 0.40%, Mo 0.12%
97__             -Ni 0.55%, Cr 0.20%, Mo 0.20%
98__             -Ni 1.00%, Cr 0.80%, Mo 0.25%
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