Carbon blade slip joint???

[mnblade]

I have carbon steel leaf springs that have been holding up the back of my '85 truck since...1985. They are uncoated, constantly exposed to the elements, and continually are made to flex under hundreds or thousands of pounds of pressure--and don't seem to be wasting away. I also have carbon steel pocketknives from my great-grandfather, who lived in an era FAR before basic tools like knives were things to be collected and fawned/fussed over; and I can promise you he didn't disassemble them every two weeks and coat them with silicon. If you don't WANT carbon, that's all well and good, but the "it won't last" stuff doesn't fly.

Day-um. I couldn't have said it better myself. :thumbup:

 

[skyhorse]

I'm going to keep beating my drum about this, but as much as I'd love to see Buck using different steels in their slippies, the first thing I'd love to see them do is flat grind their blades again. I like my 301, but I can help but think its cutting performance would improve greatly if it was flat ground rather than saber ground.

Anyways, to stay on topic, I'd love to see them use the 13c26 in their slippies. It's already in use with some of their other knives, so it's not like they would have to source another material. Also, I've been impressed with 13c26 as presented by Kershaw, and I'm sure Buck treats it right as well.

A flat grind blade,YES another great thought for a special model Buck slip joint in the future.Keep those posts coming on what you would like if Buck would come out with a new model slip joint.I think a carbon flat grind blade would be a winner.P.S. Maybe some one from Buck will read this and give it a thought.

 

[bucksforus]

I was sure hopeing that since Schrade used mostly 1095 during that time that the buck would have been made with 1095 also.---Bummer. Thanks for the reply.
Harold