Anyone Have Experience With EN45 High Carbon Steel?
2017年3月22日 · EN45 is basically the same as 9260. Excellent sword steel. Deepeeka doesn't have a great reputation. A lot of their stuff is far too heavy, badly balanced, etc.
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2018年12月5日 · I use EN45 fairly extensively, as do almost all the UK makers to some extent. but honestly, the choice of steel is irrelevant. its how its been heat-treated that matters. the best hyper-tech uber-steel is useless if the HT is bad, the shittiest 1050 from the indian subcontinent will outperform it if the HT is properly done.
EN45 (with a hardness of 48 HRC) suitable for sharpening?
EN45's an excellent steel, roughly akin to 5160 spec, its got a rather high silicon content for a steel, which results in better crack propagation resistance, though the manganese content does cause a few issues for other manufacturing processes - its a …
what is the best steel for swords? : r/SWORDS - Reddit
Generally, a carbon steel with about 0.6% to 0.7% carbon is best. That is, a spring steel (although a sword will usually be heat treated to be quite a lot harder than the steel would be at the ideal spring temper). There are better steels than plain carbon spring steels (e.g., 1060, 1070) and low alloy spring steels (5160, 9260, EN45), but ...
How does EN45 stack up against 6150 as far as durability and
2020年1月24日 · En45 is a silicon manganese spring steel, ASTM 6150 is a chrome vanadium spring steel. both are intended to be heat treated to very high strength by quenching and lightly tempering. En45 can suffer from decarburisation which will reduce fatigue stregth. Both steels are slightly better than carbon steel spring at operating slightly hot.
Chrome-Vanadium vs High Carbon Steel : r/SWORDS - Reddit
2020年12月31日 · Compared to a plain carbon steel of the same carbon content, 1050 in this case, the chrome-vanadium steel is tougher at the same hardness. Generally, with good heat treatment, the spring/tool steels designed for higher strength and toughness than plain carbon steels (e.g., 5160, 6150, 9260, EN45) are better for swords than those plain carbon ...
Which one is better for a sword, 80crv2 or 5160 steel? Any ... - Reddit
2023年5月7日 · 1060, 1075, 1095, EN45, 5160, 6150, Mn65, 9260 and T10 are all high carbon steels suited for sword blades, the first 3 are just iron and carbon without a significant amount of other metals, the other steels can contain silicium, tungsten, chromium, manganese and other metals to tweak certain properties like abrasion resistance or toughness.
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2015年8月10日 · I'm very excited to say that I'm a couple days away from ordering my first katana! The katana that I will be ordering is customizable, so I've been given a choice between 2 types of steel. The first that is offered is a blade made of 1060 high carbon steel, tempered and oil quenched. The second is 1095 high carbon steel, clay tempered and folded.
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2024年9月30日 · Blade [EN45 High Carbon Steel] Single Edge hilt: Overall Length 36" Blade Length 29 3/4" Weight 2 lbs 7 oz Edge Unsharpened Width 48.6 mm Thickness 5.3 mm - 3 mm Pommel Peened P.O.B. 6 3/4" Grip Length 3 7/8" Blade [EN45 High Carbon Steel]
Is 1045 Carbon steel suitable for a sword? : r/SWORDS - Reddit
2021年6月21日 · 1045 is pretty much as you said, pretty much the lowest end blade steel as far as swords go while still achieving a functional sword. Depending on a few other factors, it should be fine for occasional, light cutting. Pool noodles, water bottles, tatami, rolled up …