Forging stainless steel

[Storm W]

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Hum weird. I talked to my guy at uddaholm (makers of AEBL) and he said the thickest thy roll is .198 and that is only rolled by request when thy get enough orders. We mentioned AKS as one of their largest consumers of the .198. So I’m not sure where thy are getting the .250 but keep in mind uddaholm is not the only one that makes that alloy but thy are the only one that can call it AEBL. So I wonder if what thy sell is actually AEBL or a similar alloy from another mill.

NJSB is supposed to have mill certs available if requested so it would be easy enough to check. That's for their Crucible stuff at least. I think having materials controls is part of the requirements for being a dealer.

 

[Kevin Kf knives]

I'm sure a lot of guys follow RPM-Neil on Instagram, but he's posted a couple of knives he forged from AEB-L

 

[Triple Stripe Knives]

I work with a guy that forges a lot of stainless. S35VN & AEB-L mostly, he's had lot's of trouble with crumbling and cracking when making damascus. But he says AEB-L forges easily. 154CM is more difficult though.