Can we use aluminum for a knife prupose?

[Lycosa]

A Beta Ti blade is recommended.
rolf

 

[AntoineJackson]

thanks for your reply

 

[AntoineJackson]

Thanks all of you for your replies. Reading the replies I have mixed conclusion whether to use it or not. Yes use of aluminum can bee been in Ti handles coated green. Discussing about the knifes I am going with aluminum products online from Aaluminum Sheets & Wire at Canada.

 

[wensynch]

Check it out.

Duraluminum Mugen pedals and oil cap.

I still have them! Thought I gave them away, but I found them. Who is gonna volunteer to transform them into a Duraluminum knife one offer?

Haha. Kidding.

 

[Sonnydaze]

I suppose that aluminum might make a decent shipping box...could protect the knife inside of it.
Worthless other than for that purpose...

 

[Agith]

During the Chalcolithic period (sort of a transition between Stone and Bronze Ages) people used copper knives. I think it's quite likely that the copper blades were primarily stabbers (daggers, spearheads, arrowheads) and that stone blades still did a lot of the cutting. So, I agree with knarfeng. For a stabber aluminum would work fine, but for cutting stuff I'd go with a cutlery grade steel.

Yes, I'd be inclined to think that the stabbing implement of aluminum would be fine. However is that really saying a lot? If I can get a point on aluminum, it'd still probably become gradually more and more blunt with each successive hit to hard materials like bone. Making it still not all that practical for blade use.