Jerry can I buy some INFI?

[Sagittarius]

I'm no metalurgist, but one does not generally see big choppers in D2 or 3V. That suggests that there is good reason for that.

I thought 3V was excellent for choppers due to its toughness.
Is it no longer considered a good enough steel for that application ?
Heard 3V is tough to beat for making swords.


Sag.

 

[KnifeFury]

I'm no metalurgist, but one does not generally see big choppers in D2 or 3V. That suggests that there is good reason for that.

Big Knives (9.5" Blades)... CPM-3V... try...
http://www.fehrmanknives.com/knives.htm

I have heard good things about these blades but have not bought one (yet!).

I have also drooled over this one, but you can get it in A2 as well...
http://www.thrblades.com/armageddon.htm

 

[mfaster7]

looks like a blatant ripoff of a spyderco/hossom collaboration.
and just because makers use a steel does not mean it will perfom well.

It could be my own limited experience and knowledge but I thought the Kershaw chopper had been in production longer than the Hossom/Spyderco collaboration.

 

[mfaster7]

I'm no metalurgist, but one does not generally see big choppers in D2 or 3V. That suggests that there is good reason for that.

That was one point on which I found Cliff Stamp's research ambiguous. He said that 3V was best on paper but his real world experience was inconclusive. On the other hand one of the 3V hunters he tested seemed to be pretty indestructible. I find CPM-3V to be a great steel. My sharpest knife is a 7 inch combat utility knife in 3V

Takes an amazing edge, strong and resilient steel. Great stuff and, IMHO, next to infi the best!!

 

[Keith_H]

looks like a blatant ripoff of a spyderco/hossom collaboration.
and just because makers use a steel does not mean it will perfom well.

I never said it was good, just that it is existent.

 

[Ban]

Another fan of 3V here. It takes a nice wicked sharp edge and holds it well. Most probably not as tough and definitely not as corrosion resistant as INFI.

I have a full height ground 1/8" camp knife with a 9" blade that I whack the crap out of on 2X4s and it has held up fine. Also have a EDC fixed blade that is about 1/16 thick with a full height grind that has held up to numerous cutting tasks everyday on and off the jobsite for the past 8 months.

 

[xanax]

Big Knives (9.5" Blades)... CPM-3V... try...
http://www.fehrmanknives.com/knives.htm

I have heard good things about these blades but have not bought one (yet!).

I have also drooled over this one, but you can get it in A2 as well...
http://www.thrblades.com/armageddon.htm

I am thinking about a blade like the armageddon, although of course it would be modified. That knife is one I have wanted to buy also. The only downside to it is the recurve. While it makes a better slicer and chopper, it does happen to be less user sharpenable if your going to use a benchstone. I know you can use a ceramic rod, but I like stones.

 

[rbmcmjr]

looks like a blatant ripoff of a spyderco/hossom collaboration.

To be fair, it is a Ken Onion design and I think the lines are pretty obviously derived from his standard profile. Ken and Jerry have a lot of similarity in their work, but no one has ever accused them of poaching each other.

Rick