Is your dislike of non-stainless blades in pocket knives because of the corrosion factor from being in the pocket and persperation?The Deacon wrote:In my younger days, I got a lot of good shaves with Gillette Super Blues. Probably also lost a pint or two of blood to them. As for the Japanese stuff, while there are a lot of "old fashioned" features I like on a pocket knife, a non-stainless blade is not one of them.
I have the Tuf-cloth and Tuf-glide in a tube. I am thinking I will use tuf-glide like a lube in the pivot to keep the tang or unseen areas corrosion free. Then I can let the blade form a patina on it's own. After the tuf-glide has dried completely in a pivot I use another oil like Nano-oil or Quick Release for actual lubrication. That is if the tuf-glide doesn't work well as a lube which it doesn't do very well sometimes.Blerv wrote:I got a Tuf-Cloth for a few dollars and just wipe the blade every so often. It's been spotless for me.
I am in the camp that believes you can make a razor too sharp and it's edge too clean. At least the way I shave, I depend on a certain kind of pressure NOT slicing unnoticed through the skin, but compressing it and shearing off whiskers as it passes.jackknifeh wrote: Speaking of shaving and blood loss,
I've read when starting out make sure you move the razor 100% perpindicular with the edge. Later on after your skill is better you can use a slicing motion which of course will cut the whiskers better. But there's a fine line with this technique between a good shave and bleeding all over.kbuzbee wrote:I am in the camp that believes you can make a razor too sharp and it's edge too clean. At least the way I shave, I depend on a certain kind of pressure NOT slicing unnoticed through the skin, but compressing it and shearing off whiskers as it passes.
Ken
Super Blue is Spyderco name for Aogami - steel with blue label sometimes translated as blue paper steel is second choice for all Japanese custom knives.jackknifeh wrote:This subject has probably been beat to death but I haven't paid a lot of attention to it. I just put the super blue D'fly2 on pre-order so now I am more interested. All opinions are welcome regarding edge retention, how keen an edge does it take, etc. M4 is easy to sharpen and takes a very sharp edge and holds it. VG-10 may not hold an edge as long but it gets real sharp also. Actually, "getting sharp" isn't really a concern with any steel I've seen on Spyderco knives. Anyway, I ordered the knife and unless I get a whole bunch of folks saying super blue steel is horrible I will get the knife (not cancel the pre-order). When I placed the order this morning I was and still am expecting better than VG-10 (at least) but I haven't heard anything about super blue being as hard as ZDP. I don't know much about steel so comparing super blue to VG-10, S30V, XHP, ZDP or M4 would give me a better idea of blue steel than any technical explanation. There's bound to be some variance in opinions and I'm not very picky about blade steel but I hope I will like the super blue more than some of what I've used. Anyone know the Rc hardness?
I have the FRN/VG-10 D'fly so a grey FRN D'fly with super blue I hope to be an improvement in blade steel. A change in handle color is nothing to me even if it is a sprint run.
Thanks,
Jack
I think a super blue Stretch would be a knife I'd want. I had the blue ZDP Stretch and sold it because I just didn't carry it. It's really stupid. I loved everything about the knife but I always picked up another knife to carry. Where is your Stretch on pre-order? I've thought about getting another one many times.3rdGenRigger wrote:I've had a Superblue Stretch preordered for some time now, and I'm VERY anxiously awaiting its arrival...to say the least![]()
Corrosion, and that I don't find patina attractive regardless of whether it's natural or forced. I might tolerate those characteristics if the price was lower than for the same knife in VG-10, but having to pay extra for it makes it even less desirable. What will Super Blue do that VG-10 will not?jackknifeh wrote:Is your dislike of non-stainless blades in pocket knives because of the corrosion factor from being in the pocket and persperation?
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