BDZ-1 Steel?

northend816

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I seen Dave has a new Blur for sale and was wondering about the steel BDZ-1? i dont know much about steels but have never heard of this, how does it compare to D-2 and S30V? any info would be helpful
 
Might it be BD-1 steel? I've not heard of BDZ-1, but BD-1 has shown up on several Spydercos and seems like a good choice for a Blur.
 
yeah ones Dave just got in.....im thinking of making it my first blur but was unsure of the steel since i never heard of it before
 
i think its model 1670BGTST.....i noticed alot of LE Blurs are tanto serratted blades and i dont really care for serratted knives
 
Scurvy092 said:
Looks like it might be a new alternative to 14c28n?
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That's the idea. We're not looking at a large scale change right now, but it's something we decided to experiment with. It is essentially an American steel that is roughly equivalent to Sandvik 14C28N in performance.
 
jimmer_5 said:
That's the idea. We're not looking at a large scale change right now, but it's something we decided to experiment with. It is essentially an American steel that is roughly equivalent to Sandvik 14C28N in performance.
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If you were to switch, would it affect price much?
 
Yeah I don't get why all Tanto blurs have partially serrated edges. Please correct me if there are are plain edge ones out there.
 
nwmetalbug said:
apparently it adds about 30 bucks
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You have to figure part of that is from the new handle finish and the fact that they only bought a small amount of BDZ-1 to try it. I would imagine if they ordered it in a quantity large enough to put in EVERY single 14c28n they make, the cost would go WAY WAY WAY down.

Volume discount has to be huge compared to a small run of knives when you consider how much steel they would need to for every Shallot,Scallion,Chive,Leek,Blur,Piston,Knockout and any others I'm forgetting.

I'm betting the whole run of BDZ-1s is only a FRACTION of the total Blur production for one month.
 
Im sure you are right the more its used the cheaper it will get. I was just stating that other than some anodizing the difference from the other tanto's being around 60 and the BDZ-1 around 90. Thats the price now what it is next year if they even stick with it who knows.
 
Scurvy092 said:
You have to figure part of that is from the new handle finish and the fact that they only bought a small amount of BDZ-1 to try it. I would imagine if they ordered it in a quantity large enough to put in EVERY single 14c28n they make, the cost would go WAY WAY WAY down.

Volume discount has to be huge compared to a small run of knives when you consider how much steel they would need to for every Shallot,Scallion,Chive,Leek,Blur,Piston,Knockout and any others I'm forgetting.

I'm betting the whole run of BDZ-1s is only a FRACTION of the total Blur production for one month.
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My thinking exactly.
 
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