Any Kershaw/ZT made in CPM-M4?

Thomas W said:
I'd really like to both show and tell, but I'm not looking for folks to get upset knowing they can't buy it tomorrow.
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Well I'm certainly looking forward to any new releases, I like most offerings from ZT (although so far I only own 2, but really like them both). I'd love to see one of these in a sprint run steel, or a cool completely new model, which I would expect to see quite awhile down the line seeing as how ZT is just starting to catch up with their 560 model and sold out many places of the 300 series.
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DanBo82 said:
My friend found the knife!The blade my friend recovered was a ZT 0100 CPM3v that despite being in the elements less than a week had significant surface corrosion through the dlc coating. Their warranty department told me to rub it down with gun oil and that should take care of the corrosion. Seem reasonable? I've been hitting it with Miltech1 and it seems like its working ok. Flitz or Nev-r-dull might be too harsh... Ive actually been thinking about getting it up-armored...
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DLC seemed not to help much here
 
rycen said:
DLC seemed not to help much here
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Leave any knife in the elements for a few days. Unless it's X15TN or N360 (H1 is cheating), I'm sure it'll be shot up by the time you recover it. Plus 3V is a tool steel with low corrosion resistance.

I'm not going to make any judgments on Kershaw/ZT's DLC, but corrosion resistance is probably one of the least encountered issues on these forums, seeing as most people take care of their tools, and the other cases are those rare incidents that have acid sweat that's almost as strong as xenomorph blood. To be fair, the knives aren't being pushed to their limits on corrosion testing - you probably have more people prying and batoning with them.

I've had black-oxide coated gun parts develop minor surface rust after a day of carry. I was disappointed, but decided to move on. A wipe of the tuf-cloth took it all away.
 
Apec said:
Leave any knife in the elements for a few days. Unless it's X15TN or N360 (H1 is cheating), I'm sure it'll be shot up by the time you recover it. Plus 3V is a tool steel with low corrosion resistance.

I'm not going to make any judgments on Kershaw/ZT's DLC, but corrosion resistance is probably one of the least encountered issues on these forums, seeing as most people take care of their tools, and the other cases are those rare incidents that have acid sweat that's almost as strong as xenomorph blood. To be fair, the knives aren't being pushed to their limits on corrosion testing - you probably have more people prying and batoning with them.

I've had black-oxide coated gun parts develop minor surface rust after a day of carry. I was disappointed, but decided to move on. A wipe of the tuf-cloth took it all away.
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Nitrobe 77 ???? lol
 
Apec said:
Leave any knife in the elements for a few days. Unless it's X15TN or N360 (H1 is cheating), I'm sure it'll be shot up by the time you recover it.
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I once lost a N680 Browning knife made by Fox Knives Italy and couldn't find it for almost 6 months. Apparently when I was helping a buddy with some roofing the knife rolled down into a rain gutter and spent entire winter and spring there covered with wet leaves and garbage. When the time came to clean those gutters my bud found the knife and gave it back to me. I was surprised, but there wasn't even a hint of rust/pitting anywhere on the blade (coated, but not even on the edge). And this happened in Houston, thunderstorms here are no joke, and 85-90% humidity doesn't help either.
 
RxEnergy said:
I once lost a N680 Browning knife made by Fox Knives Italy and couldn't find it for almost 6 months. Apparently when I was helping a buddy with some roofing the knife rolled down into a rain gutter and spent entire winter and spring there covered with wet leaves and garbage. When the time came to clean those gutters my bud found the knife and gave it back to me. I was surprised, but there wasn't even a hint of rust/pitting anywhere on the blade (coated, but not even on the edge). And this happened in Houston, thunderstorms here are no joke, and 85-90% humidity doesn't help either.
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N680 is a highly corrosion resistant alloy (more info here: http://www.alphaknifesupply.com/zdata-bladesteelS-N680.htm ).

Benchmade used it on their dive knives after phasing out H1 and X15, although arguably it was a downgrade from the former two.

Chipped Karambit said:
Nitrobe 77 ???? lol
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There are quite a few steel alloys that are highly corrosion resistant and whatnot, as well as non-steel cutlery alloys like Beta Ti, NiTiNOL, and CuBe. There's nothing to be gained in this discussion by naming every single one, and examples like Nitrobe 77 have never seen regular use in production knives.
 
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Apec said:
N680 is a highly corrosion resistant alloy (more info here: http://www.alphaknifesupply.com/zdata-bladesteelS-N680.htm ).

Benchmade used it on their dive knives after phasing out H1 and X15, although arguably it was a downgrade from the former two.
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Not exactly. BM briefly used N680 in some Red Class knives (JuJu, Snipe, old Rant, etc) But within 6 months they swiched production to 440C. Last year they began using N690 and that steel is praised to be similar to GIN-1, but with a much better wear resistance.
I've been collecting Benchmade for a long time and can't recall any dive knives in their line-up, past or present. Only knife that kind of, maybe, possibly, sort of, could be placed in that category is now discontinued model 100 River & Rescue, early production blades were made from GIN-1 (440C later on) Not sure what knife you had in mind...
 
RxEnergy said:
Not exactly. BM briefly used N680 in some Red Class knives (JuJu, Snipe, old Rant, etc) But within 6 months they swiched production to 440C. Last year they began using N690 and that steel is praised to be similar to GIN-1, but with a much better wear resistance.
I've been collecting Benchmade for a long time and can't recall any dive knives in their line-up, past or present. Only knife that kind of, maybe, possibly, sort of, could be placed in that category is now discontinued model 100 River & Rescue, early production blades were made from GIN-1 (440C later on) Not sure what knife you had in mind...
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I'm pretty sure they never used N680, but started with N690, then switched to 440C.

As for dive knives, here they are.
http://www.benchmade.com/products/110H2O
http://www.benchmade.com/products/111H2O
 
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