1095 question

jaypowell0185

jaypowell0185

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Just wondering what company makes a modern (one handed opening, locking blade) folder other than case. Thank
 
I have been looking for one myself. Seems to not be any unless you go with a custom maker. I'd love to see a sprint run from Benchmade or Spyderco using 1095 though.
 
Unfortunately, bling is king when it comes to such knives.
Stainless is what mostly sells, and drives the market.
 
Try searching images for "carbon steel folding knife" and "1095 folding knife". That should get you a few leads.

Or go to Blade HQ, put folder and 1095 in the finder and voila!
 
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marcinek said:
A modern locking folder in 1095?

(Does Case make one of those?)
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I believe case offers their Russ-lock in 1095cv with a pocket clip and thumb stud.
It may not look modern, but based on traditional section rules it's a modern knife.
 
I've come late to the party but you could get an Opinel and put a clamp on thumb stud on it. Would take a bit of whittling on the all wood handle but easy to do. It does lock by the way. I just pulled out my Opinel #9 from my pocket and tried and I can lock and unlock it easily with my thumb. The handle shape is so good I wish I had other more sophisticated knives with a thicker, rounder, handle. In fact I am about to mod one to be so.

As far as the thumb stud google : Kwik Thumb Thumb Stud, .4in Long KWIK STUD STAINLESS
for one example.

Alternatively you could YouTube a vid for freeing up the pivot on the Opinel and get it to free swing. Could even put in some bronze washers. Unlock it with your thumb, swing it open and lock it with your thumb.

For the 1095 look for what they call "Carbone" rather than the "INOX" which is stainless.
Opinel's Carbone is seriously good. I have intensionally scored it with a cut off saw and tried to break off the blade along the deep score line and it flexed way over like a flat leaf spring and came right back to straight.
Very impressive.
I had to get really western with it in spite of the fault line I cut into the blade. It did finally snap but it took it and took it first.
Good enough edge holding and the edge off a fine stone is legendary as far as ease of sharpening.
 
marcinek said:
And that is not 1095.
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Why is 1095 with chrome vanadium added not 1095 ?
It is still a variant of 1095, and since he mentioned case in his post he must consider it to be 1095
Nobody that uses a 1095cv blade will notice a single difference other than its ability to more resist rust.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Why is 1095 with chrome vanadium added not 1095 ?
It is still a variant of 1095, and since he mentioned case in his post he must consider it to be 1095
Nobody that uses a 1095cv blade will notice a single difference other than its ability to more resist rust.
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Because 10XX steels contain neither chromium nor vanadium.
 
Hickory n steel said:
I believe case offers their Russ-lock in 1095cv with a pocket clip and thumb stud.
It may not look modern, but based on traditional section rules it's a modern knife.
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And Case does not use "1095cv" steel. They don't use "1095 CroVan" either. Case uses CV steel.
 
Unfortunately there aren't a lot of 1095 options in the modern folder market. I, like you, think it should be used more.

Funny enough, amongst the bickering, nobody seems to have asked WHY you want 1095? Perhaps there's a particular characteristic that can be found in a more readily available steel.

For instance: there's plenty of high carbon tool steels being used that will take a patina. You just don't see examples with a patina often because they mostly sit in a safe rather than in a pocket like Grandpa's Old Timer.
 
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