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CATRA test: H1 vs. others
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Sal Glesser
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Hi Carl. How are you polishing the blade? What part of the blade are you polishing.
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I am polishing the entire blade to get rid of the grind/brush lines and end with a mirrored finish for appearance and cleaning purposes.
I have a 6" buffing wheel (not a solid pad, it's layers of cloth sewn together) on one of those dual-wheel benchtop motors. It came with two grinding stones and I replaced one with the buffer. I am using a block of green buffing compound to coat the wheel.
Cheaper steels on some Gerber and Buck knives lose their texture very fast, while any of my VG10 blades take a LOT longer to wear down. I have been polishing a lot of blades recently
. But the Salt-1 got a mirrored finish much quicker than the VG10 Delica or, oddly enough, even the AUS6 Delica II.
The funny part is the Salt 1 blade has a lot more wavy-ness left on it, matching the factory grind pattern, so it isn't really wearing down too fast I guess. Still, it reacted so quickly to the buffing which is odd because in the short time I have used the knife it has performed well at cutting.
The wheel spins fast, and the blade can get hot. I was careful with all of my knives to regularly check the blade temperature and wiped it with a wet rag now and then, even though the blade never got too hot to touch.
Oh, and to the original topic, this suspect wear resistance made me wonder what the CATRA thinks of it. It is rumored that the CATRA test is weighted more towards testing wear resistance (and less towards hardness, toughness, etc), so this wear-able steel which performs well otherwise would be a good one to test.
I am polishing the entire blade to get rid of the grind/brush lines and end with a mirrored finish for appearance and cleaning purposes.
I have a 6" buffing wheel (not a solid pad, it's layers of cloth sewn together) on one of those dual-wheel benchtop motors. It came with two grinding stones and I replaced one with the buffer. I am using a block of green buffing compound to coat the wheel.
Cheaper steels on some Gerber and Buck knives lose their texture very fast, while any of my VG10 blades take a LOT longer to wear down. I have been polishing a lot of blades recently
. But the Salt-1 got a mirrored finish much quicker than the VG10 Delica or, oddly enough, even the AUS6 Delica II.The funny part is the Salt 1 blade has a lot more wavy-ness left on it, matching the factory grind pattern, so it isn't really wearing down too fast I guess. Still, it reacted so quickly to the buffing which is odd because in the short time I have used the knife it has performed well at cutting.
The wheel spins fast, and the blade can get hot. I was careful with all of my knives to regularly check the blade temperature and wiped it with a wet rag now and then, even though the blade never got too hot to touch.
Oh, and to the original topic, this suspect wear resistance made me wonder what the CATRA thinks of it. It is rumored that the CATRA test is weighted more towards testing wear resistance (and less towards hardness, toughness, etc), so this wear-able steel which performs well otherwise would be a good one to test.
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Carl64,
Ed Schempp gave us alot of info on H-1, on the other forum. I think you will find it interesting.
Here's the link:
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15675
Ed Schempp gave us alot of info on H-1, on the other forum. I think you will find it interesting.
Here's the link:
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15675