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i was wondering if anyone knew the difference between the Fallkniven Thor and the Marbles Trailmaker, other than the obvious asthetic differences
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The Marbles blade is "0170-6 high carbon Chrome Vanadium steel" and the Thor is made from "laminated VG-10 / 420J2" stainless.
I have some experience with VG-10 and impressed with the edge holding. And I have to say that I really like the "Thor" bowie alot. However, generally speaking, I would rather have carbon steel in a blade over 5" or so long. And I have yet to hear anything really good about 420J2.
It would be very interesting to see just how well the 420J2 laminate 'toughened' the blade though and I think I may have made such a request of Cliff Stmp once before myself. I wanted to see how it compared with the Cold Steel Trailmaster and possibly Swamp Rat Battle Rat. My money is on the rat but like I said, I'm interested to see how well the Falkniven product holds up in comparission to it's carbon steel competitors.
Perhaps if there is enough interest, we can make it happen?!?!
I have some experience with VG-10 and impressed with the edge holding. And I have to say that I really like the "Thor" bowie alot. However, generally speaking, I would rather have carbon steel in a blade over 5" or so long. And I have yet to hear anything really good about 420J2.
It would be very interesting to see just how well the 420J2 laminate 'toughened' the blade though and I think I may have made such a request of Cliff Stmp once before myself. I wanted to see how it compared with the Cold Steel Trailmaster and possibly Swamp Rat Battle Rat. My money is on the rat but like I said, I'm interested to see how well the Falkniven product holds up in comparission to it's carbon steel competitors.
Perhaps if there is enough interest, we can make it happen?!?!
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I take it the Blade on the Thor is a VG-10 core, with the 420J2 wrapped around it? My only experience with 420J2 was a sword from UC when I was young, and it wasnt necessarily a "good" experience. I was under the impression that it was cheap steel. but perhaps the idea is to allow more flexibility, and make it less brittle?
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That's exactly the purpose of laminated steels. Hard steel core gives edge retention while softer exterior layers make the blade less brittle.
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I might be wrong here, but doesn't it make more sense to give the core the flexiblity while giving the outer layer hardness to hold an edge better? I don't know how physics work on a knife, but the Katana is based on this principle.
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The Falkniven site had results of tests on the laminated blades last time I visited.