AUS-8 or AUS 8A

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AUS-8 or AUS 8A

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Does anyone know the difference between AUS-8 and AUS-8A steel when used in knife blades?

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I posted that same question months ago and if I remember correctly the answer was that AUS-8 is just the steel without the heat treat. The blade steel with the heat treat is AUS-8A. I'm not really sure though. I hope the more knowledgeable guys will chime in soon.
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I believe that AUS-8A is annealed AUS-8, IIRC - could be wrong.
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Aichi Foundry makes a steel called AUS-8. Some of the makers call it 8A for short. There is no AUS-8A.

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i have Spydercos marked with AUS-8 & AUS-8A, i was told its the exact same steel but the guy added his initial to the steel which was later taken off

the trainers are not heat treated AUS-6
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Trainers should be heat treated as well.

Any Spyderco's marked AUS-8A was in error. Probably a misunderstanding.

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so Sal
does that add to value or decrease the value
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The only place I've seen a reference to AUS-8A is on Cold Steel knives. They actually call it Japanese AUS-8A. I didn't ask them this question because their answer could be biased. I know they wouldn't say something like "AUS-8 is better than what we use." If there wasn't any difference I would wonder why use the name AUS-8A. Just curious.

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tug561 wrote:so Sal
does that add to value or decrease the value
I would probably ask a collector.

Post-sale appreciation is probably not as high on the concern list of Spyderco as it is for us. ;) Then again, it's pretty much the only investment if NIB is almost guaranteed not to depreciate over time.
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Blerv wrote:I would probably ask a collector.

Post-sale appreciation is probably not as high on the concern list of Spyderco as it is for us. ;) Then again, it's pretty much the only investment if NIB is almost guaranteed not to depreciate over time.

i wouldnt see it being worth anything more because of it, i only wanted it because it was something different for the Delica collection


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Nice find Riot. See, even Spyderco makes mistrakes. :o

What model is that?

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its not to computer it is the camera. here is what i mean, lets say you have an 8 megapixel camera, that 8 megapixel is the biggest picture it can take, it will be adjustable to a smaller megapixel, meaning smaller photo
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sal wrote:Nice find Riot. See, even Spyderco makes mistrakes. :o

What model is that?

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both those are the Delica 1 with the fat clip

i might be wrong but i think you all had a D1 black blade one too stamped AUS-8A

i also found a Blue D1 too
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I have a nib fully serrated catcherman marked aus-8a as well.
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ORIT, you can use imageshack (or another image hosting site) to upload pictures and choose the resize option. If you insist on using the attach feature, it might be a couple extra steps, though.
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Donut wrote:ORIT, you can use imageshack (or another image hosting site) to upload pictures and choose the resize option. If you insist on using the attach feature, it might be a couple extra steps, though.

i guess what im asking is, on my old microsoft computer at work it had the PAINT program where you could easily import the picture and sized it down, save & then import here and everything is fine.

i use my brother apple laptop now, does apple have a program like that on this thing? even when editing a picture i cant find any resizing function.
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Does Google Picasa work on Apple?
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RIOT wrote:i guess what im asking is, on my old microsoft computer at work it had the PAINT program where you could easily import the picture and sized it down, save & then import here and everything is fine.

i use my brother apple laptop now, does apple have a program like that on this thing? even when editing a picture i cant find any resizing function.
Sorry to revive an old thread but I had a comment and a question. First, you can resize pictures on a Mac using Preview. That's the default program for opening photos anyway.

Now the question: are the trainer knives heat treated? I have opportunity to pick one up but it's only useful to me if I can put an edge on it.
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Elkins45 wrote:Sorry to revive an old thread but I had a comment and a question. First, you can resize pictures on a Mac using Preview. That's the default program for opening photos anyway.

Now the question: are the trainer knives heat treated? I have opportunity to pick one up but it's only useful to me if I can put an edge on it.
I'm fairly certain they are heat treated. I'm equally certain they aren't heat treated to a high enough RC to hold a decent edge.
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Elkins45 wrote:
Now the question: are the trainer knives heat treated? I have opportunity to pick one up but it's only useful to me if I can put an edge on it.
Read post # 6 in this thread.
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