52100 Military, what are your plans?

[Evil D]

Well I have a lot of experience with bicycle bearings, but those are almost always heavily packed with grease so rust was almost unheard of.

[DougC-3]

I am curious about just how much patina this will take? M4 levels? SuperBlue (insane patina)? Or are we talking Cruwear/HAP 40? If I get one, my fear is hacking it up patina wise and then ruining the value.

From my experience, just barely one step below Super Blue. But, I have also repeatedly put mine away wet into a kydex sheath and left it for a weekend while camping, so it did pit just a bit...

Even my S30V Swik3 got quite rusty once when I had it in a small kydex sheath with no drain hole, got it full of sweat without realizing it and left it for a few hours.

[mattman]

I would imagine the heat-treat protocol for this steel as a knife, is different from the protocol for bearings, so comparing corrosion resistance between the two is probably not entirely valid...

[Evil D]

I would imagine the heat-treat protocol for this steel as a knife, is different from the protocol for bearings, so comparing corrosion resistance between the two is probably not entirely valid...

That's a good point.

[SpeedHoles]

I've seen plenty of rusty and heavily pitted ball bearings in my day as well... but yeah, not quite a direct comparison.


The exposed tang of my Mule has not seen any patina at all. Unlike other knives I have in 1095.

[Popsickle]

So i got an email of a knife store that says preorder for an arrival on june 13th .......

[bearfacedkiller]

It should patina very, very easily. I have the MT1 in 52100 and it stains like Super Blue or 1095 or like most any other carbon steel.

[Liquid Cobra]

The 52100 Military will have the new changes! Confirmed!!!

[Johnnie1801]

looks like this knife has the same changes as the 204p kw exclusive :)

[Evil D]

I got my "we haven't forgot about your order" email from Knife Works today. I'm pretty pumped about the changes. Now the wait is really gonna get hard.

[Brock O Lee]

And I was so sure I could skip this one, aaargh!

[Evil D]

Has anyone taken one of these apart? Is the stop pin floating in there? It's definitely not riveted?

[Capt'n Boatsalot]

Has anyone taken one of these apart? Is the stop pin floating in there? It's definitely not riveted?

I took mine apart and it's definitely not riveted.




ETA: Added photos.

[Evil D]

Has anyone taken one of these apart? Is the stop pin floating in there? It's definitely not riveted?

I took mine apart and it's definitely not riveted.

ETA: Added photos.

Sweet man thanks for taking one for the team.

[bearfacedkiller]

For sure! Thanks for those pics Capt'n.

[SteelSpyder]

Oh man, this is one Military I hope I don't miss out on.

[Surfingringo]

I am having to pass on this one but it is difficult. I don't know why i keep opening this thread...I guess to torture myself?

[Evil D]

:p

I am having to pass on this one but it is difficult. I don't know why i keep opening this thread...I guess to torture myself?

I went ahead and saved those pics just so I don't have to open my browser to look at them.

[twinboysdad]

I am having to pass on this one but it is difficult. I don't know why i keep opening this thread...I guess to torture myself?

Due to corrosion and your tropical climate?

[Surfingringo]

I am having to pass on this one but it is difficult. I don't know why i keep opening this thread...I guess to torture myself?

Due to corrosion and your tropical climate?

Due to the corrosion of my bankroll.