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steelcity16 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:09 pm

Compression Lock Military 2.

Oh boy!

I had an ESEE 6 and ESEE 4 in 1095 when I was a teen. Gosh, you are doing well for your age there Emanuel.. I had my first all-plastic folder when I was 3 yo that I would carry everywhere and made other parents bulge their eyes on me lol. And that was the first catalyst that funneled all my money f...

Larger carbides are more likely to fracture or separate from the matrix from applied stress. The article provides some fun images for sure. I wouldn't say that it shows that carbides do not "tear out" however. The images are showing the carbides that didn't fall out, obviously. He is more demonstra...

I had an ESEE 6 and ESEE 4 in 1095 when I was a teen. Good knives and awesome sheaths, but the more I used them the more annoyed I got about how thick they were ground. I mean I get it, survival knives etc etc. But why do so many of these companies assume that if my life depends on that tool, I'll s...

Thanks for the article Larrin, it's always a joy reading about new steels. My question now is, why would I chose S45VN over M390? Seems to be slightly worse at everything, from toughness, wear resistance, to edge retention and corrosion resistance. If it costs the same as S30V/S35VN I could see a us...

I use wax/Victorinox oil for knives. For guns it doesn't matter the brand as long as the product doesn't evaporate, and for that I use some local brand that seems to work well + silica beads bag that I dry out in the oven about once every 6-12 months. My locker is also air-proof so the moisture is e...

RustyIron wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:09 pm

...get some Birchwood Casey Barricade

https://youtu.be/zJ3418IA01w?t=212

Seems to be a bad product, there are better options.

Guys I'm serious, just give Victorinox MultiTool Oil a chance, its dirt cheap, food grade and it adheres to metal surfaces like nothing I tried so far. I used it last time about 1 week ago on my Manix Maxamet, knife was used daily and washed with hot water a few times a day, yet even now, over a wee...

I thought Lance had virtually proven H1 to be rust proof in his extreme use (?). This is the first time I’ve ever seen a corrosion example. I mean I’ve seen the stuff attribute to contaminated grinding equipment. Thanks a lot @Bloke. :rolleyes: I guess next you’re gonna tell me rabbits don’t lay eg...

LC200N and H1 can both rust in salt water under specific condition, they're not as immune as some people think they are, and there are countless pictures to prove it. Be it too much chlorine in the water, botched HT, chromium/nickel banding in the steel (none of these steels use powder metallurgy as...

The Meat man wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:53 pm

I see. Thanks for the clarification! The carbide volumes are a lot closer than I thought.

Yes I was very surprised awhile back when I got schooled about it. I thought Rex 45 was somewhere close in carbide volume to Cruwear. I was totally wrong.

steelcity16 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:34 pm

... Manix LW in Rex45 with Burnt Orange FRN.

This <3

Hmm, well Maxamet is out when it comes to edge retention (out of these 3 steels only of course :D ), so its a fight between Rex 121 and 15V. If both are close in hardness, I have no doubt that 15V would be the edge retention winner in pure cutting power even if it has significantly less carbide volu...

That's hard to believe! Screenshot_2019-10-19-07-54-11.png https://i1.wp.com/knifesteelnerds.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/steel-carbide-volumes.jpg?w=527&ssl=1 Well ok, so I just checked and came upon this. As per Larrin's article with experimental measurements of carbide volume for a typical HT ...

He said on instagram he'll bring 3 knives in 15v, rex 121 and maxamet to Bladeshow and explain what each steel does best. Hopefully there will be a video for us on the other side of the blue marble.

But what about Maxamet, REX 45, or a steel in between? What exactly is wrong with smoothing out some carbides on REX45? Nothing bad in taking Rex 45 to a fine edge, at the end of the day it has the same low carbide volume as 52100 (5-6%) while being significantly harder, so it's edge strength will ...

https://i.imgur.com/xTbubyb.jpg I have this knife for a few days now, mostly used to cut fruits, so no real work so far. The stonewash only allows the patina to be seen from certain angles and in diffuse light, no multicolor patina, only very shinny yellow-gray, but I like it. Haven't washed the kn...

https://i.imgur.com/k03Cn2D.jpg Manix 2 LW Maxamet. Just received it a few hours ago :D, got it all oiled up and ready to be used. I must say, there are two things that I noticed pretty quickly: 1. how light it is for its size, and 2. even after cleaning all the factory oil off the blade, how hard ...

You won't need to sharpen these high vanadium steels in a day of work, unless you're scraping sand off of something. The last thing I wanted when working 14-16 hours a day jobs was to stop my flow every few hours (or even less if the job was harsh) to sharpen my tool. But yes, anything works, even b...

What was the target HRC on the P4 model? 62-63?