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Anybody ever use one? I have one 95mm on order for a knife I want to make and was wondering how they held up?
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Lauri PT blades??
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I have a couple of them, bought them because they are the same as in the Kellam Wolverine knife. I have a Wolverine but didn't want to beat it up. I think they cost me $16-19 each.
I made one into my personal puukko three years ago. Mostly camping chores and cutting around the home, edge has held up to carving and light chopping, working with leather, food prep, etc. Haven't needed to resharpen it as I strop it very regularly to maintain the hair-popping edge.
It has one tiny chip in it from when I used it to cut wire.
Here's a bad photo I snapped of mine. It still has the temper line, just not visible in this pic.
I made one into my personal puukko three years ago. Mostly camping chores and cutting around the home, edge has held up to carving and light chopping, working with leather, food prep, etc. Haven't needed to resharpen it as I strop it very regularly to maintain the hair-popping edge.
It has one tiny chip in it from when I used it to cut wire.
Here's a bad photo I snapped of mine. It still has the temper line, just not visible in this pic.
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Not too bad a photo. You did a fine job on the handle.
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Sweet CWL! Thanks for posting the pic! I think the handle looks great.
I ordered a couple of blocks of micarta from Alpha knife supply and I'm hoping I can mount the blade on one.
I ordered a couple of blocks of micarta from Alpha knife supply and I'm hoping I can mount the blade on one.
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Kellam over on british blades forum denies that the Lauri PT blades are used for the wolverine, though I'm very skeptical because they look identical, from the shape, the grind, the hamon line, everything but the stamp.
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I ordered three of them from Brisa some time back. All seem to be well-made blades and easily worth the asking price.
It was my understanding that Kellam used their (Lauri PT) blades in the Wolverine model, too. They do look and measure out the same with my examples.
It was my understanding that Kellam used their (Lauri PT) blades in the Wolverine model, too. They do look and measure out the same with my examples.
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On British forum people around Kellam wrote that they use their own blades and partially hardened lauri (pt/ptx) is another blade from another firm.
I like this blade (edge 63 hrc, back 53 hrc) but I had problem with first one - I recommend test the blade before finishing (my chipped during slicing of skin and wood) (picture 1 and 2). 2nd blade is lauri ptx too - and I like this knife (picture 3,4). On the end I decided for fulltang from RWL34 (60 HRC, but tough steel and keep edge very, very long - longer then lauri ptx)
I like this blade (edge 63 hrc, back 53 hrc) but I had problem with first one - I recommend test the blade before finishing (my chipped during slicing of skin and wood) (picture 1 and 2). 2nd blade is lauri ptx too - and I like this knife (picture 3,4). On the end I decided for fulltang from RWL34 (60 HRC, but tough steel and keep edge very, very long - longer then lauri ptx)