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I was out playing/cleaning up the yard today and I came across my old beater/test knife in a rubbermaid bin with holes in it( reptile transport) it has spent a full fall winter out exposed to the elements.
I made this knife about five years ago, it was my beater campknife and my test blade, test heattreat by dropping a blade tip first from eye level on to cement , if the tip holds up than heat treat was good, aswell as a a few other things, chopping a peice of steel , brass rod test , stabbing through steel drums and all that good stuff, this knife has done all that and then some, plus the standard chopping 2x4s rope , batonning , bush removal and batonning, I remember dismantaling a shipping crate that a CNC Milling machine came in, had a tonne of prying done to it, I had to fix the tip one after proble 200 time dropping this knife,
in short the peices of A2 has withstood more abuse then any of the other peices of steel I have tested and is still sharp, not hair poppin but sharp enough for rough work,
This was one of the first peices I heattreated on my own using a buddies oven , now I might even clean it up re-sharpen and put it back into service or just throw it back in the yard for another 6 month
One other thing, the On/scene Tactical sheath is still in awsome condition and has endured its fair share of abuse along with the knife, I would gladdly gice Eric's sheaths three thumbs up if I had an extra thumb.
A few specs
13 over all , 7 inch blade 1/4 inch thick
A2 58-60Rc hollow ground on a ten inch wheel
non sharpened false edge
canvax micarta handle
little bit of surface stain but should clean up with a little sctoch brite
there is rust on the handle and the srews are rusty but both will clean up with a light bead blast or a rub down with some scotch bright, from what I saw there is no pitting or deep rust.
decent edge
one for fun this a small steel step,
Ill keep you guys posted as I keep beating on this knife. but as it sits now I would full trust my survival with this tool.
cya
jimi
I made this knife about five years ago, it was my beater campknife and my test blade, test heattreat by dropping a blade tip first from eye level on to cement , if the tip holds up than heat treat was good, aswell as a a few other things, chopping a peice of steel , brass rod test , stabbing through steel drums and all that good stuff, this knife has done all that and then some, plus the standard chopping 2x4s rope , batonning , bush removal and batonning, I remember dismantaling a shipping crate that a CNC Milling machine came in, had a tonne of prying done to it, I had to fix the tip one after proble 200 time dropping this knife,
in short the peices of A2 has withstood more abuse then any of the other peices of steel I have tested and is still sharp, not hair poppin but sharp enough for rough work,
This was one of the first peices I heattreated on my own using a buddies oven , now I might even clean it up re-sharpen and put it back into service or just throw it back in the yard for another 6 month
One other thing, the On/scene Tactical sheath is still in awsome condition and has endured its fair share of abuse along with the knife, I would gladdly gice Eric's sheaths three thumbs up if I had an extra thumb.
A few specs
13 over all , 7 inch blade 1/4 inch thick
A2 58-60Rc hollow ground on a ten inch wheel
non sharpened false edge
canvax micarta handle
little bit of surface stain but should clean up with a little sctoch brite
there is rust on the handle and the srews are rusty but both will clean up with a light bead blast or a rub down with some scotch bright, from what I saw there is no pitting or deep rust.
decent edge
one for fun this a small steel step,
Ill keep you guys posted as I keep beating on this knife. but as it sits now I would full trust my survival with this tool.
cya
jimi
