1/4"- 5/16" O1 rod stock. HT it and leave it as hard as you can or don't temper at all.anybody ever make their own honing steel? If so, what material did you use?
1/4"- 5/16" O1 rod stock. HT it and leave it as hard as you can or don't temper at all.
No reason for O1 other than it's easy to HT and gets hard. W1 or W2 drill rod will work just as good. Actually anything that is harder than the blade's edge will work since all you really want to do is straighten the fine edge on the blade.