Any Pop's ProCut Dialogue?

[ScarFoot]

From what I understand Bos heat treating uses the conveyer belt furnace and the steel falls into oil at the end.

This is my understanding as well. I don’t see how they could handle the volume and maintain a decent reputation any other way.

 

[Dawsonknives]

I watched the video ----------- so here are my thoughts on this…

We have been making knives here at Dawson for over 50 years and I personally have worked with quite a few steels, from ATS-34 to 52100 to CPM-Magnacut. I can remember when there were a lot of concerns being thrown around on the internet about Magnacut not holding an edge. This was baffling to me because we were seeing great results with Magnacut and didn’t have the lamination issues that others were having. So I would submit that this, just as with the Magnacut, is probably not a steel issue.

We do extensive testing on every steel before we lay our brand on it, Procut is no different. You can see a few of the highlight reels from some of those tests here, here, and here. We found it to be an excellent steel that 1. Offers a razor-sharp edge on par or better than other modern steels, 2. Holds that edge cut after cut, 3. Displayed excellent lateral strength (Flexed close to 20 degrees in either direction and returned to true), and 4. Extreme impact resistance (edge resisted chipping, cracking or rolling when driven into a piece of steel Unistrut with a sledge hammer). We are able to get our edge hardness to Rockwell C of 62-63 and still retain superb flexibility. The heat treat is the soul of a blade, you’ve got to know what you are doing with it in order to pull out the best attributes of the steel.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Still no information from Bos.....
I'm thinking/hoping it's just the thicker stock, for whatever reasons, I'm not seeing the flaking on the thin stock. This is my second thin edge I'm working on. No issues.

Early next week I'll send 3 blanks to Pops for evaluation......

Thanks.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

I was wrong... again.






*Still just another gut punch......
It's interesting that it seemed correct, untill I PUSHED it...
. I battoned maybe 6 times with the logs length ways...... It was Cross battoning that broke it

 

[Taz]

Whats the grain structure in the breaks looking like?

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Long conversation on the phone with Bos.
Very willing to talk and share their process.

I'm forwarding a direct number for Joey to discuss it with them, too