The Super Blue Strtches are in

[gijoe945]

The Superblue Stretch has arrived at my dealer!

[Holland]

thats great news! cant wait for mine to come

[gijoe945]

Omaha Knife Store

[wrdwrght]

HK just sent me a notification to place my order for an SB Stretch due 12 March. Just done.

[Nate]

Thanks for the head's up! Just ordered a collector's from HKS, in on 3/12.

[Ferris Wheels]

Howe's has one less left. They only have one collector knife remaining according to the site.

[Surfingringo]

Did anyone ever confirm whether the blade was laminated or solid sb??

[senorsquare]

Did anyone ever confirm whether the blade was laminated or solid sb??

I think all the grey FRN super blue sprints are laminated. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Nate]

I think all the grey FRN super blue sprints are laminated. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Ditto.

[Capt'n Boatsalot]

Pretty sure I got the last collector from Howes!

[camvdcs]

Yep, they're gone from HKS.

[Blerv]

All the grey FRN sprints will be laminated.

[Surfingringo]

All the grey FRN sprints will be laminated.

Aww...I saw one of the photos that looked like solid steel and it only had "superblue" stamped on it and I got kind of excited. Maybe that was just a mockup they did for the advert.

[Philo Beddoe]

On Motengs site they list the blade steel as: Blade Material: Aogami Super Blue http://www.moteng.com/C90FPGYE-Stretch- ... Blue-Plain

Motengs a distributor, not a dealer..

GPK's http://www.gpknives.com/spydercostretch ... ntrun.html says Aogami Super Blue Steel (Stainless) blade and also says the blade hardness is:

Blade Rockwell: 62-63HRC

Is Super Blue normally ran at those hardness levels?


BHQ lists it as: Blade Material: Aogami Super Blue

Pic from BHQ's site:





Personally, I'm expecting the laminated blade but if it turns out its a full SB blade then thats even better..

[Blerv]

IIRC that's typical for Super Blue.

It won't be solid SB. We have heard time and time again the maker of these is laminating. I don't know why if the last thee are done one way they would change methods for the Stretch.

Besides people wanting to let these tarnish up to look cool there is nothing but a bucket cons if they went with solid stock. It would be more expensive for the maker to grind, more brittle for the end user, more difficult to reprofile, and corrosion resistance is awful around places like screws and liners.

I like the stuff. It's great at what it was designed to do. The fact that a company even has done sprints of a folding knife with it is borderline insanity. The lamination of the ZDP-189 Caly3/3.5 is far more difficult to argue than something that rusts like the floor panels of a vintage Porsche.

[Donut]

is the superblue knive frn the same exact frn as a normal grey frn? Like an Endura?

No, the super blue sprints are a little lighter gray and there's a very slight hint of blue to the gray.

I "think" I took pictures to document it, but I'm not sure where I would start looking for them.

*edit* Found them. Super Blue on the right.

[Philo Beddoe]

These are available at GPK. Ordered one and got the confirmation email.

[Holland]

thanks for the photo Donut

[Mike157]

Placed one in my cart at GPK and had it go to quantity zero before I was done checking out. Oh well. Have found a couple of sites that have them for sale (no mention of being in stock or not) and did place an order but I'm guessing that they are either not updating their inventory or have not received them yet. So it still may be a no-go. And they were a bit more expensive than the average. Mike

[Philo Beddoe]

Looks like GPK's changed the blade description to:

Blade Material: Aogami Super Blue/420J1

They also updated the pic: