Extreme Arc Angel repair
Please people, learn how to care for your carbon steel! Otherwise you get this...
Ut in acuta!!!
"Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Steady, Steady is Fast, and Fast is Deadly." 1Lt Chong, 4/6 Air Cav
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Looseyfur wrote:...spouting his wacky charlie sheen warlocks speech
savage12k wrote:massive damage.
c.wigum wrote:Wow that is heaps better.... although if it were me I'd be contacting a knife maker about getting a new blade forged.
BTW.. think you sent me a PM by mistake.
GetTheFood11 wrote:A Ti blade? I don't think anyone really uses those because there was some reason, but I can't remember.
Erenoth wrote:TItanium is stronger, but as oddly as it may sound, is typically much softer than steel. As a result, it doesn't hold an edge consistently. Titanium, for the mostpart, is very brittle, and could quite literally crack or shatter when used for a thin knife blade.
So yeah. If you're going to replace the blade altogether, lean towards a "super grade" stainless steel such as S30V. Another amazing steel for a non-user such as a Balisong would be Spyderco's impossibletostain H-1 steel.
MoreBeef wrote:Erenoth wrote:TItanium is stronger, but as oddly as it may sound, is typically much softer than steel. As a result, it doesn't hold an edge consistently. Titanium, for the mostpart, is very brittle, and could quite literally crack or shatter when used for a thin knife blade.
So yeah. If you're going to replace the blade altogether, lean towards a "super grade" stainless steel such as S30V. Another amazing steel for a non-user such as a Balisong would be Spyderco's impossibletostain H-1 steel.
There are Ti knives out there, but they usually have some carbide edge, like stellite or something of the sort. Stainless steels are ok, but carbon steels perform better, and are easier (read that cheaper) to work with. 1095, 5160, and the like have been, and continue to be, used for some of the best knives in the world. Carbon V it has been speculated is actually L6, a type of very wear resistant tool steel. What made it Carbon V was the proprietary heat treatment.
What I would like to see at some point is an M series steel bladed balisong. Just for shits and giggles. Trust me when I say you win the steel bench racing wars if you wull one out made of high speed tool steel.
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