D2/s30v

[JGarrison Knives]

Is S30V lighter then D2? I just received a Doug Ritter Griptilian and I already had a Benchmade Grip of the same size, large. The Ritter in S30V just seems alot lighter in comparison then my regular Grip and the Ritter seems to have more steel.

 

[mete]

There's no difference in weight of steels that you would ever notice.

 

[Macchina]

It is the grind of the steel that you are feeling. As far as weight goes, you'd need a whole lot more than just a blade to feel the difference.

 

[farmboy]

Not necessarily.

I spent 15 years in the printing industry, and I met a guy that could feel the difference in the weight of face cards and numbered playing cards face down. I supplied the deck.

Very unusual, but possible.

 

[Cliff Stamp]

... I met a guy that could feel the difference in the weight of face cards and numbered playing cards face down. I supplied the deck.

Ask him to sort bags of sand which are different by a similar amount of weight. I would be very skeptical that he could weigh essentially the ink differences by hand.

-Cliff

 

[knarfeng]

Howdy,
found densities for the steels on the web:
D2 density 7.7 g/cc
S30V density 7.47 g/cc

So lets play with the numbers:
Lets assume a triangular blade 3" long and 2" wide at the base and 0.15" thick.
V=Area x thickness
V = 1/2 base x height x thickness
V =.5*2*3*0.15 =0.45cu in of steel
= 7.37CC of steel in the blade

for D2 that equates to 56.7 g
for S30V it equates to 55.0 g

Now this is ballpark estimates, but a difference of 1.7 grams? in a knife?
You'd never notice the difference.