cool knife making video

[daveyburt]

 

[greencobra]

dang...he impressed the shit outta me!

 

[daveyburt]

and made a real cool little thwacker.

 

[Pafanasiev]

How soft is that metal to be able to do that?

 

[The Edge Lab]

Wow that was fantastic!

 

[ldi]

Rey nice shop as well.

 

[daveyburt]

How soft is that metal to be able to do that?

he marked it 01 tool steel - as a base. i'm assuming it's ~1095
High Speed Steel | Tool Steel | O1 | O1 Technical Data

A2 and D2 are similar but different in how they're initially 'cooled'
Tool steel - Wikipedia

i believe final hardness level comes from heat treat.

 

[Tiktock]

O1 is a high carbon tool steel. Used in lots of knives. Goods stuff here. Overkill thick!