LOTAR knives

[MolokaiRider]

It appears that I am misremembering. No D2 Glock knife.

That's my understanding as well.

The Glock bayonet knife is actually a fun beater blade, and fairly inexpensive. It's a steel along the likes of 1095, and run pretty soft, but this makes it tough.

If you ever get a chance to mess around with one they make a good Hori-Hori type tool, and actually decent throwing knives.

The don't cut great though!

 

[Hashishiin]

I will admit I do like big, tough, bombproof feeling 1095 fixed blades. I have a 1070 Ontario SP-1 that is a lot of fun and totally invincible but it's like a trowel it's ground so wide.

 

[MolokaiRider]

I will admit I do like big, tough, bombproof feeling 1095 fixed blades. I have a 1070 Ontario SP-1 that is a lot of fun and totally invincible but it's like a trowel it's ground so wide.

I hear ya. I have a couple of those, and went to work thinning out the tip on one of them, because like you mentioned, it's a honker.

It still can't cut very good, but it works as a great garden tool.

 

[MolokaiRider]

I will admit I do like big, tough, bombproof feeling 1095 fixed blades. I have a 1070 Ontario SP-1 that is a lot of fun and totally invincible but it's like a trowel it's ground so wide.

Oh, and I think it's 1075 rather than 1070.

1075 is actually a pretty nice steel, I like it in several of my fixed blades.

 

[Hashishiin]

Oh, and I think it's 1075 rather than 1070.

1075 is actually a pretty nice steel, I like it in several of my fixed blades.

You're right about that, too, yes indeed, I remember because folks were complaining about the switch, but it seems quite fine to me.

 

[scdub]

Lotar of the Knife People.

 

[jbib]

Has there ever been a conclusion about the "Made in China" accusations?

 

[J. Modell]

from one of @Larrin 's blog posts: (notice d2 at the bottom of the toughness score results...)
https://knifesteelnerds.com/2018/06/04/toughness-testing-cru-wear-z-wear/

having said that, I expect the dozier you mentioned is tempered down to under 60 hrc, which should improve the toughness result a little, but it's still overall low compared to many other steel types

there is also a whole charpy testing thread you can check out for more results for more types: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/call-for-charpy-toughness-samples.1548360/

I see the charts but then you get the real world. First of all, Bohler Uddeholm D2, normal, at 58 HRC takes a great edge and is very much preferred to skin a deer because it holds that edge. It is plenty tough enough and, unlike CPM 154, greatly resists corrosion. I do not know why you would want HRC 61. CPM D2 is powder metallurgy and should be better.