Looking for knife maufacturer that uses a 10+ tonne press with a rounded end?

FortyTwoBlades said:
Ohhhhhhh gotcha'. :o



I think it has to do with the fact that the tech is great but the designs are mediocre. Because of that, no one buys them and talks about how much they love them. I think that if they freshened up the look on 'em so they were a little more...refined...then they'd have a lot more success. :)
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The prices they are asking is also rather high like 500$ for a small pocket knife (folder). It's no custom blade or Fallkniven VG-10 or SPGS steel knife that can stay sharp just as long as the friction forged, not to mention much more functional blades. I have custom blades made from N690 and they stay sharp a very VERY long time.

I did look for other examples of friction forged knives and to be honest they are no where near the same as the diamond knives technique. I don't know if diamond patented the technique (i doubt it) but i for one wouldn't mind the challenge at making a similar apparatus as a side project. Of course with improvements.
 
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swordmaster said:
Yes i looked at their blades and your right the styles are not all that functional and the handles are not so ergonomic for a hunter or camper style knife. Reminds me a little of the Grohmann outdoor knives but even then the Grohmann blades are more functional.

Also according to diamond knives they use a proprietary D2 steel which makes sense as the metal would require either a higher quantity of either chromium or molybdenum to keep it from tearing or ripping in chunks during the friction process.
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According to the PhD fella who worked out the process with them, the grain structure actually is shattered by the process, resulting in an extremely fine grained D2.

Work-hardened to the nth degree.

Here's a pretty good thread on the topic.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/480424-Friction-Forged-test-blade
 
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