Can someone tell me what a Hefted Alloy is?

[TRUE LIBERTY]

I typed in the search button but nothing came up. I Google it and it only goes to the knife manufacturer im looking at that uses that term.

 

[dirc]

it's marketing speak, to make something sound cool from nothing... literally

hefted means to 'to lift' or something that has been lifted. It's also been used to describe keeping sheep on the side of a mountain pasture http://sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=15631

so a 'hefted alloy' is a lifted alloy, likely a marketing speak way to describe basic anodizing

The marketing grads who get hired by knife companies (and all companies really) have to justify their existence somehow

 

[Twindog]

I think dirc is real close. And I'm not sure, but I think it refers to the handle topography -- some alloy, either steel or aluminum -- that is raised or has a raised section. It's not that the alloy is hefted, but that the handle is made out of some alloy and has a raised topography.

 

[TRUE LIBERTY]

Thanks, I would think for a 1000 dollars they would be more clear on the material of the handle. Think I will pass on this company.

 

[Wowbagger]

the knife manufacturer im looking at that uses that term.

Call the silly rabbits and ask THEM.

PS: probably the auto correct of "heat treated".
PPS: last night I was looking on the Cold Steel.com and under "Blade Thickness" it said : NO

Typos.

 

[junom]

I don't what hefted alloy is but it is hefting the first move to finishing a rough knife knife

 

[Charlie Mike]

That reminds me... Time to scoop the litter box.

 

[evilgreg]

PS: probably the auto correct of "heat treated".

I doubt this is the case; the google results show a small pile of results all related to one scumbag you should never buy anything from er, manufacturer.

 

[Charlie Mike]

Plenty of better switchblade out there.

 

[d762nato]

They could be talking about the new FAT knives..ie hefted/heavy that are all the rage these days.