Devan,

There's no reason that spring steel would be any different to use than any other steel. Is there some reason why you would choose to use sprint steel?

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Devan,

There's no reason that spring steel would be any different to use than any other steel. Is there some reason why you would choose to use sprint steel?

it is what i have available

That's a good enough reason to use it, right there.

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it is what i have available

If it's a good quality 5160 it will also polish up very nicely. I have taken spring steel to a mirror polish. It does take some patience,,,,,and a lot of buffing.

Devan,

Another thing occurred to me,and I don't know if you've considered it. If these bolsters are laminated to the side of a full tang with pins, it may be difficult (if not impossible) to make the pins invisable (unless you plan to turn pins out of the spring steel). You could use an entirely different material (colorwise) like bronze or brass pins and go with a stark contrast, but your layout of the pins will have to be pretty exact locationaly speaking. So what type of knife are you making?