Crucible CPM-REX-121

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Farid Crucible CPM-REX-121 choppers
These are the first fixed blades ever to be made from CPM-REX-121 Crucible steel. 1/2" thick, taper tang, titanium lanyard hole tubes, black paper micarta handles. 68-70RC, 15" overall.
This sale is for ONE knife (Bottom chopper in the picture).
SOLD

CPM REX-121 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Carbon 3.40 %
Chromium 4.00 %
Vanadium 9.50 %
Tungsten 10.00 %
Cobalt 9.00 %
Molybdenum 5.00 %
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Cool Stuff and nice design! I need to find out more about this steel. Pretty high on the RC!
 
KalEl said:
Just curious, how many belts did you go through grinding one of those?
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I made both knives together and I used around 50 ceramic belts 50 grit, 6 to profile both blades and the rest to grind, then heat-treat and then grind to final size.
thanks for looking.
Farid
 
holy moley! What an awesome creation,it must have taken some serious determination to carve that beast out.I really like that one.
 
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