ATS-55

I was thinking of buying a Spydie Millitary with ATS-34 because my dealer has them on sale.I prefer the 440V though. But since they are on a close out.But as said before its threads like this that keeps us in line. I will make a much wiser decicion now .I have also chipped edges and tips on ATS-34 blades.I've always been a fan of AUS-8 .NEVER chipped an edge or point with that stuff.Thanks
scott w
 
There is a lot of great info on this thread. Thanx for sharing and being a part of this forum.

I don't want to get caught up in the "Steel wars". (At least not today). An edge is a lovely, highly refined, beautiful yet fragile creation. In the "dulling" process, the edge is "giving up molecules". It can give them up molecule by molecule, good wear resistance. It can give them up in "chunks", = brittleness, it can give them up through rust. In the never ending search for improvement, we learn, but it's like trying to put that last grain of sand on the top of a sand pyramid (pray the wind doesn't blow and the surf doesn't enter).

Though we hate to think that $ could influence our "quest for superiority", it unfortunately does. Some of the custom makers, suppliers (and Spyderco) have been testing some stuff that "seems ideal". But a $2,500 per knife retail price. The somewhat limited market, slows funding for production.

Jack - Corrosion reistance can be numerically measured with "Q" fog testing. There are a number of ways of numerically measuring edge retension, sharpness, etc. Many companies like Spyderco have ways of numerically measuring strength, etc. Graphs show trends. Electron microscopes show grains, embrittlement, etc. An uncontrolled hydrogen atom in the wrong place during heat treat of even great steels can cause a catastophic chain of events within the stressed steel.

Refinement is our evolutionary obligation to humankind.
sal
 
Check out the link below for some interesting tests done by Wayne Goddard:

www.ameritech.net/users/knives/edge.htm


--dan
 
Last week I spent some time sharpening my AFCK ATS-34 and my Endura ATS-55. I don't claim to be an expert in the field of sharpening but my observations on the difference are
ATS-34 takes longer to produce a shaving edge than ATS-55.

Even though both knives will shave easily, (I have shaved my face with both knives), the Endura seems to have a "bite" to the edge that I cannot get with the AFCK.
By "bite" I mean that by VERY lightly running the ball of my thumb along the blade the Endura edge wants to grab the flesh whereas the AFCK slides without starting a cut.

Hope this makes sense, it's the only way I know to explain the difference.
 
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