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HEST/Folder steel choice?? Reasons?
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Incite? Freudian slip?
Here's a little bit of previous insight from the man himself:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8449142&postcount=34
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8785786&postcount=436
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Cause it's D2, nuff said! 
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D2 is a great steel.
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How is D2 to sharpen? Will the sharpmaker work on this blade? My fixed HEST is very easy to sharpen and holds an edge very well. Can't wait to get this blade!!!!
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D2 is a tool steel. We source ours from Germany and then we Parkerize so that it has extra lubricity and resistance to corrosion. In the LE version we coat it with Titanium Carbide which actually increases the hardness and wear. Lots of people talk about sexy stainless formulas but simply but D2 will cut a %$* deep, wide and most repeatedly.
After two months of hard stupid use I only have to lightly touch it up with a fine stone or diamond wand. Its what you need when you need an edge to hold up.
The fixed HEST made from spring steel is designed to be bashed more than Joe Louis. it is also designed to be field sharpened, tied to sticks, used as a deadfall, boobytrap, gift and even an axe. You aren't going to be doing that with the HEST Folder. Most HEST fixed knives are rusty, smell like dead animals, have have of the paint chipping off and never leave people's hip. The HEST folder is that thing you whip out to impress friends, the HEST only comes out to do dirty work.
www.globalmetals.com.au/_pdf/Tool_Steel/Tool_Steel_D2.pdf
D2 is a high carbon, high chromium alloy tool steel. It is a tool steel with high dimensional stability in heat treatment. A duplex microstructure with coarse complex carbides provide a steel with high wear resistance and good toughness.
APPLICATIONS:
High duty cutting tools (dies and punches), long run form rolls, tube mill rolls, deep drawing tools for sheet and strip, shear blades, circular shears, thread rolling dies, small moulds for plastic industries and pressing tools for ceramic industries.
TYPICAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS:
C% 1.55
Si%0.25
HARDENING:
Hardening should be done in neutral salt bath, fluidised bed or other controlled atmosphere furnaces.Preheat slowly to 300-800°C then raise to 980-1020°C, followed by air cooling. It is essential to soak at hardening temperature for 10-20 minutes. Obtainable hardness 63 – 65 HRC.
TEMPERING:
Tempering should be carried out immediately on completion of quenching. For maximum hardness and abrasion resistance heat to 150-250°C holding at temperature 1 hour for each 25mm of section. Tempering curve given indicates typical values obtained from air cooling from 1010°C. Nitriding treatment for improved retention of hardness is recommended for certain applications.
DIN X153 CrMoV12-1
W.Nr 1.2379
BS 4659:BD2
AISI D2
JIS G 4404 SKD 11
After two months of hard stupid use I only have to lightly touch it up with a fine stone or diamond wand. Its what you need when you need an edge to hold up.
The fixed HEST made from spring steel is designed to be bashed more than Joe Louis. it is also designed to be field sharpened, tied to sticks, used as a deadfall, boobytrap, gift and even an axe. You aren't going to be doing that with the HEST Folder. Most HEST fixed knives are rusty, smell like dead animals, have have of the paint chipping off and never leave people's hip. The HEST folder is that thing you whip out to impress friends, the HEST only comes out to do dirty work.
www.globalmetals.com.au/_pdf/Tool_Steel/Tool_Steel_D2.pdf
D2 is a high carbon, high chromium alloy tool steel. It is a tool steel with high dimensional stability in heat treatment. A duplex microstructure with coarse complex carbides provide a steel with high wear resistance and good toughness.
APPLICATIONS:
High duty cutting tools (dies and punches), long run form rolls, tube mill rolls, deep drawing tools for sheet and strip, shear blades, circular shears, thread rolling dies, small moulds for plastic industries and pressing tools for ceramic industries.
TYPICAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS:
C% 1.55
Si%0.25
HARDENING:
Hardening should be done in neutral salt bath, fluidised bed or other controlled atmosphere furnaces.Preheat slowly to 300-800°C then raise to 980-1020°C, followed by air cooling. It is essential to soak at hardening temperature for 10-20 minutes. Obtainable hardness 63 – 65 HRC.
TEMPERING:
Tempering should be carried out immediately on completion of quenching. For maximum hardness and abrasion resistance heat to 150-250°C holding at temperature 1 hour for each 25mm of section. Tempering curve given indicates typical values obtained from air cooling from 1010°C. Nitriding treatment for improved retention of hardness is recommended for certain applications.
DIN X153 CrMoV12-1
W.Nr 1.2379
BS 4659:BD2
AISI D2
JIS G 4404 SKD 11
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D2 is harder to sharpen than the 1095 of the HEST. The sharpmaker will still work, it may just take a bit longer. On the bright side, you won't have to sharpen it as often, and once the edge is on there, it will only take light touch ups to get sharp again. I am a big fan of D2. I prefer it to the high end stainless steels I have used.
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Very Nice! Now that is funny! :thumbup: As for D-2...I love it. Decently tough and holds a great edge with the right treatment.
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RYP- Thanks for your explanation. It seems more than reasonable, well thought out, and I now understand the choice in steel. My LE HEST folder will not be seeing as much "abuse" and will be treated with a little more care. My fixed HEST will be the worker and I won't be so concerned with testing its capabilities. Cant wait for the brown santa to show up with a package for me!
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