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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:17 am
by Doc Dan
Yeah, that is going to be sweet.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:47 pm
by ZrowsN1s
Catamount123 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:01 am
Just found this from Apr 5, 2021, on BladeForums:
“Our hi-performance Delica is just beginning to go forward. High hollow grind, thin edge, I'd like K390. Should be fun and eye opening.”
Can't wait. Probably buy 2 if they let me.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:42 am
by Larry_Mott
ZrowsN1s wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:47 pm
Catamount123 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:01 am
Just found this from Apr 5, 2021, on BladeForums:
“Our hi-performance Delica is just beginning to go forward. High hollow grind, thin edge, I'd like K390. Should be fun and eye opening.”
Can't wait. Probably buy 2 if they let me.
Ditto!
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:59 am
by Fireman
sal wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 1:17 am
Naturally, we listen and we try to please. Eric has plans for an FRN scale for the Shaman. I've designed two follow up models; 1) a gutted version fr lighter weight and the other has no finger choil.
sal
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 8:16 am
by abbazaba
sal wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:39 pm
TenGrainBread wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:20 pm
Looks great. Anyone still holding out hope for a Stretch XL eventually?
Funny you should mention it, I'm testing an early prototype.
sal
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:33 pm
by kennethsime
sal wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:21 pm
Hat's off to you Larrin. I'm carrying a Manix with Magnacut. Very sharp. Took a beautiful edge. Also doing very well in our corrosion test tank, after 10 days. Gonna be fun.
sal
From the
What Will Be the First Magnacut Model? thread.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:34 pm
by aaronkb
kennethsime wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:33 pm
sal wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:21 pm
Hat's off to you Larrin. I'm carrying a Manix with Magnacut. Very sharp. Took a beautiful edge. Also doing very well in our corrosion test tank, after 10 days. Gonna be fun.
sal
From the
What Will Be the First Magnacut Model? thread.
Beat me to it by one minute, I had it copied and everything :D
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:55 pm
by Fireman
Now here is a bombshell! From the elastic ceramics thread on the mule team forum. It looks like we may get some of the super ceramic that out cuts the best of steels by almost a factor of two for the mule!
Thank you Sal!!!
“We're testing samples now. We'll put in on the CATRA tomorrow. Thinking about a Mule Team.
sal”
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 5:37 pm
by Bolster
Fireman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:55 pm
Now here is a bombshell! From the elastic ceramics thread on the mule team forum. It looks like we may get some of the super ceramic that out cuts the best of steels by almost a factor of two for the mule!
Thank you Sal!!!
“We're testing samples now. We'll put in on the CATRA tomorrow. Thinking about a Mule Team.
sal”
Wow. Just...wow. Yeah Sal, thanks!!
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:37 pm
by aaronkb
In a thread about switching all golden models over to s45vn:
sal wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:19 pm
There are so many new steels popping up lately that any plans that might have been made might be adjusted.
sal
Purely speculation, but I wonder if this means s45vn has been edged out by Magnacut? That’d be a pretty incredible default production steel.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:59 pm
by notfixingit
aaronkb wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:37 pm
In a thread about switching all golden models over to s45vn:
sal wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:19 pm
There are so many new steels popping up lately that any plans that might have been made might be adjusted.
sal
Purely speculation, but I wonder if this means s45vn has been edged out by Magnacut? That’d be a pretty incredible default production steel.
It's kind of sounds like an improved cruwear, which happens to my favorite!
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:05 am
by Fireman
How about a game changer like this?
A new ceramic material that is in the league of the super steels and possibly to become a mule or more.
“Hi all,
The CATRA tests were very positive. It performed up there with the super steels. As Roman mentioned, sharpening and re-testing is a current focus.
Hi Roman, I'll get back to you today. It's been a hectic week.
sal”
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:48 pm
by nerdlock
sal wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:40 pm
On The Wildfire model, we'd have to make the Millie FF model in Golden and Golden is pretty far behind. I have a plastic model of a sheepfoot Millie and we're still testing wire cutters and Fireman's "2 pronged fork" for breaking barbed wire.
sal
Sauce:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=90058
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:16 pm
by bbturbodad
sal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:07 am
I just received and am testing a Delica with a high hollow grind and thin edge.
sal
sal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:33 am
Hi Skeeg,
The steel will be VG-10. I had wanted K390, but the steel was too hard to grind the high hollow. Since it was geometry we are testing, I figured VG-10 would be a good steel for comparison.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:37 am
by Doc Dan
VG-10 with a high, thin hollow grind will be amazing.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:49 am
by vivi
Doc Dan wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:37 am
VG-10 with a high, thin hollow grind will be amazing.
Indeed. I once had a krein regrind centofante 4. now that knife would cut!
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:03 am
by FourStringFiend
Doc Dan wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:37 am
VG-10 with a high, thin hollow grind will be amazing.
Hopefully it performs/sells well so we can get an Endura in the same configuration.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:42 pm
by elena86
FourStringFiend wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:03 am
Doc Dan wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:37 am
VG-10 with a high, thin hollow grind will be amazing.
Hopefully it performs/sells well so we can get an Endura in the same configuration.
Endela - best of both worlds :D
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:54 pm
by aaronkb
sal wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:22 pm
To be honest, I've not had much luck with Sandvik.
They've come to see us at shows both in the US and Europe. I spoke with their metallurgists as well. A number of years ago, in Germany, they offered 14c to me. I said I thought that was exclusive to Kershaw. They said not any more??? Couldn't get a why?
I ordered steel from them a number of times at the shows. 19c for a Mule team, 14c for testing, etc. They never delivered or followed up??? Surprising, Hitachi would send me 1,000 lbs of any steel they made, (except ZDP) on credit. Crucible, powdered Cruwear for us as a surprise for our Mule Team. They made SPY-27 for me and Magnacut for Larrin. The President of Takefu would regularly pay us a visit at the Blade show. We worked with Carpenter for years testing their blade steels as they were developing them. We've never had a problem with B.U.
I don't know why we never heard a peep back from Sandvik?
sal
Not exactly casual, but some pretty interesting and confusing industry drama maybe?
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:00 am
by Brock O Lee
Drop point UKPKs inbound, in S30V…
sal wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:28 pm
FYI, Drop point UK's are scheduled for July and August production.
sal
sal wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:12 pm
S30V.
sal