Draw knife in a newer steel

[os_tempore]

Does anyone know of a draw knife in a newer steel like magnacut, 3V, M390, or anything?

I'm not turning anything up.

 

[Corton93]

You got me curious so I dug around a little bit but couldnt turn up anything.

Hard enough to find draw knives in stainless period, let alone any modern PM steel. Mora's got that little one in their "recycled" 12c27n or 14c28n whichever it is, but idk.

Sounds like a good candidate for a custom lol..

 

[os_tempore]

A whole untapped market! There's a lot of shops making them. From what I've seem they're all carbon steel close to the prices of super steels. It's kinda frustrating.

 

[badmatt]

Magnacut spokeshave?

 

[Danke42]

 

[Alberta Ed]

I have one 100+ years old, still works great. There's a small logo on the blade, which looks like a running fox between two Fs: F emblem F.

 

[SharpBits]

Hat tip to D Danke42 for the picture. Below is ripped from the Lee Valley webpage and remains their copyright.

The Winner​

Once the analyses were complete, one metal emerged as the clear winner: PM-V11.

The PM-V11 alloy was the most durable metal tested on the impact test, and finished a close second on our wear testing. Of critical importance to us (and to you) is that blades made from the PM-V11 alloy can be sharpened with common abrasive media such as water stones. It takes a bit longer than O1, but PM-V11 blades sharpen slightly faster than A2.

About the PM-V11 Alloy and Powdered Metals​

PM-V11 is a powdered metal (PM) alloy. To form a PM alloy, constituent metals are melted and mixed together, then atomized, creating very small particles that cool and harden, forming a powder. This powder is screened to ensure consistent particle size, and then heated under pressure to form a billet. The billet is then rolled to the required thickness, ready to process as a conventionally smelted steel would be. The PM process yields a steel with a very fine grain structure that is uniform throughout.

So how do PM-V11 Blades Perform?​

When we gave test blades to a group of woodworkers, the feedback was uniformly positive (bordering on ecstatic in some cases). They reported that in day-to-day use PM-V11 blades readily sharpened to a keen edge that cut cleanly and remained sharp for much longer than O1 or A2 steel blades. They didn’t need a scanning electron microscope or an advanced degree in metallurgy to know this was simply a better blade material.

 

[Seedy Lot]

For wood working I like lower carbide volume and smaller carbides. AEB-L or the other stainless razor blade steels fit this roll very well, especially when hardened to ~62 Rc.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

For wood working I like lower carbide volume and smaller carbides. AEB-L or the other stainless razor blade steels fit this roll very well, especially when hardened to ~62 Rc.

haha.... kind of a cop out answer though......
-cause AEB-L and it's cousins are really good for EVERYTHING.

 

[jux t]

Feel free to remove the link, mods, but here’s a thread mentioning PM-V11 being the same composition as CTS-XHP:

Some CTS-XHP tools steel observations.

About one and a half year ago I did some testing on common handtool woodworking tool steels. I compared CTS-XHP (the steel formerly known as PMV-11) to O1 as it wears when planing beech and oak. I also compared CTS-XHP, A2 and O1 in how it wears away on a sharpening lap. After a while I found...

sawmillcreek.org

 

[Horsewright]

haha.... kind of a cop out answer though......
-cause AEB-L and it's cousins are really good for EVERYTHING.

I keep saying that.....