In real life steel that closest to Adamantium?

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shqxk

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Sharper than Gillette

Cut through other metal like butter

Indestructible


Which one in your opinion? :D
 
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Hi shqxk, my apologies but I don't know what Adamantium (or IRL steel) is but I can give you answers to your three questions as they relate to commonly used modern knife steels.

1. Any of them.
2. None of them.
3. None of them.

Seriously, any steel used in knife making today can be made razor sharp. As far as "indestructibility" I suppose the best you could shoot for is something with very high toughness like 3v.


Edit: Ahhh, Wolverine! (Just googled it.) Ok, maybe I missed the joke. :p
 
None. This is like asking which number is closest to infinity, or how high up is.

But what the heck, let's look at the question as asked:

Sharpness is a function of edge geometry and finish, but is kind of deceptive as a sharp edge which can't stand up to cutting isn't much use. Elemental aluminum can take a keener edge than any steel, but it won't cut worth a damn.

"Cut through other metal like butter" is vague and depends on what metal at what thickness in what shape is to be cut, and again depends on the edge geometry of the blade, and whether it has to slice or chop. You notice axes have different edge profiles than fillet knives. :P

"Indestructible" is not a quality a real physical material can have, but it would be the combination of two factors which exist in opposition in known metals: hardness and toughness. In a blade, wear resistance is also a factor, and to get more of one you have to sacrifice some of the other two.

So the short answer, as always when anyone asks which steel is best, is actually a question: for what specific task?
 
Clearly the answer is Infi.
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Difficult to tell if you are joking. I'll go with no, you aren't.

No, the answer clearly is not infi, nor Sr101, or SR 77 They are just made up names for real alloys same as Carbon V, Pumasteel, DB1, and a few more are too.

Rostafrie is another legendary steel that can be compared though it doesn't exist either.
 
Guy named Frank Richtig made knives(in the 40's?). He would beat his knives through steel pipe and then slice paper. Close as i have ever heard to "adamantium"
 
well chief, ask a silly question... get a silly answer, so here's one: sharper than gilette takes nothing more than fine grain structure, a fine abrasive and patience... how about a steel that cuts through butter like steel? that makes more sense, in case you haven't noticed butter is pretty soft, and steel is fairly resistent to being cut, and indestructible is a bit of a flawed concept... nothing is really indestructible, not even wolverine. quit reading comic books and playing video games and take an actual knife outside... you'll be amazed.
 
Its always a tossup between Adamantium, Vibranium and Unobtainum. Uru is super tough but doesnt like to take an edge.
 
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Its always a tossup between Adamantium, Vibranium and Unobtainum. Uru is super tough but doesnt like to take an edge.
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Antarctic Vibranium would take the cake out of the 3, being the anti metal and all...

But aside from that, I don't think that the OP taking a knife outside would be impressive to him since his standards are set at Mythological heights.

As soon as he sticks his knife in the dirt to "hold it" he would kill the edge then come to us about its lack of ability to hold an edge and it being impossible for him sharpen, so it must be the knifes fault...
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Tldr, more reading, less posting.

Fwiw, I do understand this posted in jest and for humor, but I am not sure if General is the location for it. If you Are going to post fictional knife related threads like this, I would think the W&C sub would be the location.
 
Is the op 12?

Seriously though, adamantium is made up because nothing in real life, in our universe, (that we know of at least) comes close. So until we discover a knew element, out create a super duper uper alloy, it's a fool's errand to think other wise.

Although 8cr14mov comes pretty close, if only they use PM tech and then can master the heat treatment using cryo, I think they'd have it nailed!!!
:o
 
Second answer; a high end powdered metal steel that has been friction forged then cryo quenched at least three times. (but no more than three times)

It should then be DLC coated with a carbidized edge.




;):D
 
This is just a joke thread please don't take it seriously :D

The closet steel to Adamantium for me is CPM-M4 or Vanadis4E, because both is very fine grain when do it right, can be push to super high hardness 63HRC+ and still be plenty tough.

INFI and 3V are also very tough candidates :eek:
 
shqxk said:
This is just a joke thread please don't take it seriously :D

The closet steel to Adamantium for me is CPM-M4 or Vanadis4E, because both is very fine grain when do it right, can be push to super high hardness 63HRC+ and still be plenty tough.

INFI and 3V are also very tough candidates :eek:
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Dont lie. You were dead serious straight face when you typed 'Adamantium'.. And you would have to be a moron to not know that Evealloy has it beat.. Except for about a week in every four, then its chocolate and movie time and you dont want to bother it.
 
They are one in the same to you though, right?
;) :rolleyes:

Thanks for bumping this thread with the key to the puzzle.
 
It's a readily available and cheap metal. It's found in stories and movies people think up and animate with ac-TORS.
 
shqxk said:
This is just a joke thread please don't take it seriously :D

The closet steel to Adamantium for me is CPM-M4 or Vanadis4E, because both is very fine grain when do it right, can be push to super high hardness 63HRC+ and still be plenty tough.

INFI and 3V are also very tough candidates :eek:
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But, but, INFI is just a made up name for an existing alloy, which happens to have been formulated by Busse Combat, proprietary to only Busse Combat, and sold only to Busse Combat. :rolleyes:
 
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