Archer Moon
Well-Known Member
I was given some S30V that is just a little too narrow for an upswept blade. Can this be fixed by forging the point up?
I would be concerned that forging would mess up what makes the particle metallurgy stainless good. IIRC, the theory is that they have to use the technique to get alloys that you would not normally be able to get using old fashioned methods and I would worry that forging might "undo" much of what the steel is designed to do. I know that Sean McWilliams use to forge T440V which, IIRC, was the predecessor to CPM S90V, but it was supposedly a real PITA.