Re: Best knife steel?

Greyangel wrote: 
"Chris" <rrufiange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I guess it depends.  You can factory-form a blade, but then hand file the
edge afterwards.  For a good quality knife, custom and factory aren't
necessarily all that different.



I think the difference is in the heat treating.  A factory can't afford to
take the time to differentially heat treat every blade.  You get one
hardness all the way through.  Soft if it's tough and brittle if it is an
edge holder.  Custom knives can be both.  Treat the edge so that it's just
tempered enough to keep it from chipping and leave the back soft enough to
bend over if pushed hard enough and you've get the best of both worlds.  It
doesn't mean you can't mess up the edge using it for a pry bar but you'd
have to be trying pretty hard.

GA


They can afford to make sawzall blades that aren't the same hardness all the way through, hard on the teeth and tough on the rest. And sell them for about 3 dollars retail. So "factory can't afford" is hooey.

There is so much hot air in the knife business that it is hard to comprehend.

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