Knife Reviews? !?

Busto said:
I've destroyed quite a few blades while working up my Knife making Heat Treats...it's not all BAD to have some Sacrificial Steel undergo the rigors of field work. Better to do it up front than try to play dumb about a blade failure to a customer who deserves his moneys worth on trusting your product and reputation. Only Takes ONE Bad Knife review to start the demise of your best efforts!!!!
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:thumbsup: That’s the only philosophy of testing by knife makers that makes sense to me. I don’t know how some makers/mfrs stay in business.
 
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I sent a knife design to Gayle Bradley a few years ago and asked him to make his interpretation of it. Before he sent me the knife, he cut a second blank of the pattern (CPM M4) and heat treated it the same way he did my knife. He applied 1,000 lbs of pressure across a 3” span of that blade with an arbor press, then used a cheater bar to increase pressure until it snapped at an estimated 1,700 lbs. The grain structure at the break was as pure as it gets. I’d never had a maker go to those lengths to test the heat treat on a new design before. Really impressive integrity and gives me so much confidence in the blade.

He was one of the founders of Bladesports Int’l and held several cutting records at one time. I can certainly see why—and how! Now of course he’s known mainly for his design collaborations with Spyderco.

The point being, true high-performance blade makers test and test and test again, never taking performance for granted.:thumbsup:
 
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Will York said:
I sent a knife design to Gayle Bradley a few years ago and asked him to make his interpretation of it. Before he sent me the knife, he cut a second blank of the pattern (CPM M4) and heat treated it the same way he did my knife. He applied 1,000 lbs of pressure across a 3” span of that blade with an arbor press, then used a cheater bar to increase pressure until it snapped at an estimated 1,700 lbs. The grain structure at the break was as pure as it gets. I’d never had a maker go to those lengths to test the heat treat on a new design before. Really impressive integrity and gives me so much confidence in the blade.

He was one of the founders of Bladesports Int’l and held several cutting records at one time. I can certainly see why—and how! Now of course he’s known mainly for his design collaborations with Spyderco.

The point being, true high-performance blade makers test and test and test again, never taking performance for granted.:thumbsup:
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I'll go one step farther.......Any Maker who receives a shipment of steel without Certifications and does not take samples and heat treat them is living on the edge. I cut multiple samples(4 to 5 pieces of steel I've use before) from the steel and do step heat treats on the samples. Just because you ordered from the same vendor and it's labeled the same as before does not ensure it's exactly the same lot of material it could be slightly different and I need to be sure it will Heat Treat properly so I can feel confident in it's ability to perform. I generally break the samples to visually inspect the grain structure hoping it looks line fine velvet not coarse sand.

Performance is Never Guaranteed if you work on a "Wing and a Prayer" even the Best Makers Hang their head now and again when they sustain a failure, but they will figure out Why and Improve the process...Testing...Testing...Testing!!!
 
Will York said:
Proud to own one of your super-sweet Elmax blades, brother! Now if it wasn’t so dang handsome, I’d go beat it up!:thumbsup:

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I did a lot of testing on Elmax when I chose it as a regular in the stable of steels. So I know it will take the punishment should you need or feel the desire to Whip it...Whip it Good...

Thanx for the Kind words Brother and yeah that one is a sweet piece of cutlery:cool::thumbsup:
 
Busto said:
Thanx...Will was wanting some custom Elmax so this is the result...:thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Lol, think I might want some too!
....in the future though....lol....I've spent......man..between those hr2's and tg14 and ASH1......you get the point lol
Seriously though, that's awesome!
 
MacLaren1 said:
Lol, think I might want some too!
....in the future though....lol....I've spent......man..between those hr2's and tg14 and ASH1......you get the point lol
Seriously though, that's awesome!
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Yeah Man....I know believe me I know...I make knives to make money to justify and fill my account to buy Other Knives...I have WAY to many Knives good thing I don't live in Tornado Alley:eek::eek: I actually purchased a knife not long ago that I forgot I already owned I need to review my inventory spread sheet more closely in the future...:cool::D:cool:
 
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