Is Case CV really 1095 CroVan?

[knarfeng]

Is that testing with the same knife pattern and grind? Edge geometry and heat treatment have a lot to say about how any particular knife/steel will perform a given test.

What is a typical Rc of a Case CV slipjoint . . 56/57? Is that a deliberate Case manufacturing decision or a limitation of Case CV steel?

Curious . .

Because of my testing method, geometry has little impact on the results. Check my current thread in the Testing forum. That is the method I used.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=792540

Case does not list a hardness range and measuring one without controversy is difficult. It is said that Case anneals the tangs of all of its blades. The tang is typically the only place you can get a hardness reading on a traditional blade.

 

[hardheart]

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cool video, albeit for the SS blades

 

[Bastid]

56 to 57 rc sounds about right although I have no way to test. I am just basing that on using a lot of knives over the years.

If you are looking to check some out I would suggest a swayback. The fit and finish on this particular pattern is the best I have seen from Case in a few decades. A lot of us in the Trad. Forum think it is due to the new tooling it took to produce it. It is one of a few favorites over there. This is a chestnut bone in CV.