D2

[Wolverine666]

I wonder if Spyderco would ever make a knife with a D2 tool steel blade. I have a couple BM's with D2 and it's good stuff. Very tough.

Also , who manufactures D2 ? Crucible ? Carpenter ?

[dj moonbat]

Spyderco did sprints of the Millie and Para in CPM-D2.

[razorsharp]

Aisi? potentially who manufactures it... probably wrong :o

[The Mastiff]

Aisi? potentially who manufactures it

It's made a lot of places and called different names at different foundries. It's also made in Europe in numerous places, asia likewise. It might be easier to find around the world than 1095 even.

[Wolverine666]

I always had great luck with D2. It held an edge very well and for a "semi-stainless" steel It had absolutely zero corrosion issues.

[xceptnl]

I always had great luck with D2. It held an edge very well and for a "semi-stainless" steel It had absolutely zero corrosion issues.

+1 I have used D2 for quite a few years, although the CPM version in my Para is easier to get that fine razor edge with (probably due to the finer grain structure). I wish more blades were made in this awesome steel.

[JNewell]

I always had great luck with D2. It held an edge very well and for a "semi-stainless" steel It had absolutely zero corrosion issues.

Unless you're putting the Dozier name on the blade, there is not a whole lot of reason to use D2 or (as Spyderco did) CPM-D2 today. There are simply too many other steels offering at least equivalent wear resistance and greater corrosion resistance.

[Donut]

What's wrong with XHP? It is a tweaked to be more stain resistant form of CPM D2.

[mikeo]

D-2 is an almost 'stainless' tool steel manufactured by most manufacturers around the world. I was in manufacturing for 35 years, and we used d-2 steel for much of our work. I was in charge of procuring steel for quite a few years, and d-2 was a common steel to purchase in our business. We purchased from Carpenter, Crucible, Latrobe, China, South America, Europe, etc. We would heat treat and temper it to 57-59R/C for toughness and 61-62R/C for hardness.

[cckw]

D2 is one of my favorites. But as mentioned there are many newer steels that would be considered better by any standard. But the first knife that I was ever truly pleased with was D2. If I could take my favorite knives and have a genie switch them to S90V, M390 etc I would do it. Actually no I wouldn't, I would have more lefty requests. but you get the point

[Jay_Ev]

D2 is one of my least favorite steels. My **** blade turned into a rusted mess just sitting in the drawer. :mad:

[Mud Shrimp Moe]

I've never owned D2, but understand that it can rust and also that it is a hard steel to get scary sharp. So what are the offsetting advantages of this steel?

[Diamondback]

I had a few slip joints made by Queen and I never had any issues with rust. All I noticed was that they took a bit more time on the benchstone to get back a fine edge. I thought it was **** fine steel. Held an good cutting edge for a looong time. It may be yesterday's news, but I like D2.

As well, some time ago my son-in-law gave me a Benchmade Griptilian with a D2 steel for Christmas. I never did warm to the hollow plastic handles, but the blade cut for ever and ever without needing a touch-up. I took it on a hunt one year and I worked very efficiently on the deer we field dressed. I lost it a few years ago, but replaced it with a Spyderco Sage 1.

[JD Spydo]

I've never owned D2, but understand that it can rust and also that it is a hard steel to get scary sharp. So what are the offsetting advantages of this steel?

I've personally noticed that many of the really good blade steels are a "monster" to sharpen. That's not the rule 100% of the time but D-2 is a really mean steel to sharpen. It reminds me a lot Crucible's predecessor of S30V which was known as S60V or 440V in some circles>> the first time I ever sharpened one of my Spyders made from 440V I thought I was being punished for something.

It also depends on the heat treatment as well>> There is a custom knife-maker from Arkansas named "Bob Dozier" who is known in knifemaking circles as "Mr. D-2">> And I can tell you that his knives made with D-2 are very good blades.

Actually when a steel is tough to sharpen that is to me a very good indicator that you have a really good or at least a relatively decent cultery steel. Well I can tell you that D-2 passes all of the tests I've thrown at it. The D-2 Sprint Mili is very high on my "GOTTA HAVE" list.

[Jet B]

Warriors&Wonders has the D2 Para 1 in stock still. I don't know if they are usually hard to find or not.

http://www.warriorsandwonders.com/Spyde ... Green_G-10

I'm more interested in taking a CPM 3v blade for a test drive.

[Slash]

I think there's a good reason BM stills uses d2 on many of their blades...cause it's proven.
Saying your d2 knife rusted sitting in your drawer is user error, not the fault of the steel.

I have many d2 knives that were kinda neglected and never stained on me, never mind rusted.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

D2 would be nice to see...some 440V would be too.

[The Mastiff]

I'd take mastiffwear over D2 anyday. :)

One of the "likes" going for D2 with knifemakers is with the right heat treat you can make it a large carbide mini saw that eats up flesh, muscle and hair in excellent skinning knives. Try a dozier to skin a deer or 5 and you will see what I mean. Likewise you can control growth a bit and get a bit different steel. Run hard at rc 63, or 57, it all does pretty well. You can heat for maximum wear, or maximum corrosion resistance, or even use it to make a straight razor like Sal did. :)

The heat schedules and temps are well known. Of course for fine tuning you will make a few blades of each new batch of steel to fine tune your heat treat but that's nothing new or uncommon. It's not the best at anything but it does a lot of different things pretty well.

I liked D2 a lot more after I got my first synthetic stone to sharpen it on.

And, after saying all that I still like mastiffwear/cruwear much more. :)

joe