Falkniven F1 - laminated or not

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Davyd

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Looking for input from the scandi experts.

I noticed the writing on the blade of my F1 says "vg10:
but the writing on the blade of my S1 says "laminated VG10"

Thye were both only purchased a year ago however I am wondering if the F1 was old stock and not a laminated steel version?

Next question would be - does it really matter?
 
i think youre F1 is not laminated....but it don't matter in a small knife like the F1...

Enjoy it
 
You can see it your self.
Your S1 will have a laminate line close to the edge, where you can see the 2 steels meet. It's like a small "wave" running parallel to the edge, on both sides of the blade.
You know the one, right?

Your F1 will also have 1 if it is laminated.

And in a small knife like the F1, it matters little in terms of using the knife.
It does however make it somewhat easier, when you sharpen the whole blade, instead of just the edge.
 
You will be able to see the lamination.However some of their earlier blades were not laminated.You could check their forum for the details.
 
Davyd said:
Looking for input from the scandi experts.

I noticed the writing on the blade of my F1 says "vg10:
but the writing on the blade of my S1 says "laminated VG10"

Thye were both only purchased a year ago however I am wondering if the F1 was old stock and not a laminated steel version?

Next question would be - does it really matter?
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If your F1 doesn't say "LAM. VG10" on the side, then it's not laminated VG10.

No, it doesn't matter much, in my humble opinion.
 
the lamination is supposed to give some additional strenght to the blade,
taken from cutleryscience, : "Fallkniven has performed break tests on their laminated VG-10 blades which show a higher tensile point for the laminated blades but a lower yield point. So they take a set sooner than pure VG-10 but the laminates will bend further before they break"
http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/blade_materials.html
and from fallkniven site :
http://www.fallkniven.com/test.htm
 
F1's (and all Falknivens I believe) were made with solid VG10 originally, then Falkniven switched to VG10 laminated between two sheets of 400 (?) series stainless for lateral strength. This concept doesn't make much sense to me because it seems like the VG10 will break at the same angle of bend weather it is laminated or not... No matter what, I love my Falknivens and have great respect for that company. The F1 and S1 are the knives I have as well and really like both sizes, it's hard to decide which one to bring hiking.
 
Thanks -

I could not see any of the lamination lines on the F1 - which I can clearly see on the S1 => its probably one of the earlier non laminated ones.

I was hoping it was but as you indicate it probably does not matter . And I have not broken any knife since I was 10 anyway - so I am unlikely to need the extra strenght of the lamination on such a thick blade.

Michalangelo - the same. I prefer thedesign of the S1 but the F1 is more practical and "other people" friendly.
 
When the F-1 was first introduced it was made from ATS-34 I believe, so there seem to have been several iterations of the basic design.
 
michaelmcgo said:
1. F1's (and all Falknivens I believe) were made with solid VG10 originally, then Falkniven switched to VG10 laminated between two sheets of 400 (?) series stainless for lateral strength.

2. it seems like the VG10 will break at the same angle of bend weather it is laminated or not...
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1. As previously said; the first batch F1:s was made out of ATS-34 by Linder of Germany.

2. No, it will not.

~Paul~
 
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