Cliff Stamp
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Prompted by a recent post by Dave Ellis :
http://www.mastersmith.com/Mastersmith.html
I glanced over his website and came across the following (which refers to a requirement to be a Mastersmith by the ABS).
For those that are ABS Mastersmiths or have done this to their blades :
How hard is this bend to do? Can you do it by hand? If you need a bar how long of a long is it? What does the knife look like after you release the pressure? Will it spring back at all? How much of a bend can it take before it will take a perm. bend?
For forum members :
Is this test of one of value? Does it indicate performance that you would want/require in a knife? Would you like to see the results of it on some of the knives tossed around on here?
For non ABS Mastersmith knife makers :
Can your knives do this? If not why is this not important to you?
-Cliff
[This message has been edited by Cliff Stamp (edited 09 July 1999).]
http://www.mastersmith.com/Mastersmith.html
I glanced over his website and came across the following (which refers to a requirement to be a Mastersmith by the ABS).
A line is marked approximately one third distance from the tip of the blade. The blade is inserted point first in a vise and the blade is bent no less than 90 degrees. The blade may crack at the edge on bending but not beyond two thirds the width of the blade. If any of the blade chips, or any part of the blade or tang breaks off the applicant fails (this is true for any part of the test).
For those that are ABS Mastersmiths or have done this to their blades :
How hard is this bend to do? Can you do it by hand? If you need a bar how long of a long is it? What does the knife look like after you release the pressure? Will it spring back at all? How much of a bend can it take before it will take a perm. bend?
For forum members :
Is this test of one of value? Does it indicate performance that you would want/require in a knife? Would you like to see the results of it on some of the knives tossed around on here?
For non ABS Mastersmith knife makers :
Can your knives do this? If not why is this not important to you?
-Cliff
[This message has been edited by Cliff Stamp (edited 09 July 1999).]