Luong La (Bluntcut Metalworks) 52100 Hard Use

[bodog]

If it's the steel, if it's the heat treatment, if it's the grind, or if it's the combination of all of them I hope Luong La of Bluntcut Metalworks keeps doing whatever it is he's doing because whatever he's doing is turning out a damned fine knife.

 

[bodog]

Not shown are other tests like cutting acidic fruit without wiping the blade off that tested corrosion resistance, prying sealed covers off of refrigerator motor housings, hacking into pallets, busting some pallet straps, etc.
From thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1312791-Are-you-over-Super-Steels/page19

pictures are worth 1000 words. I just got done doing this. Here's 330 cuts into cardboard. Obviously I could cut more if I wanted. One stack is tripled up double ply. 4 stacks are just double ply. Still sharp enough to cut myself and draw cut printer paper. I did not touch the edge at all since the last use. This is for real. Believe it or not. This is coming off the +/- 300 ft of cardboard, among other things. Obviously this isn't 300 ft. More like 150? Most cuts were between 3 and 6 inches long on double walled cardboard. 30 cuts were straight up six inches on tripled up double wall. Take from it what you want.

And the results

 

[bodog]

And one more round. 240 cuts into double walled cardboard. 480 cuts single. Average 4 inches per cut. 160 ft, give or take a few inches. Add this to the 300 feet and the total from the other round I didn't bother to figure out. I'm guessing around 600 to 700 feet of single walled cardboard. Still sharp enough to slice printer paper and now my thumb, damn it.

.....

 

[bodog]

And finally:

And last round for the night. Some wood. Don't know what kind it is but I sliced up one piece, made chops into another with hard twists on the way out, and then stabbed in in and pried straight out. Still cleanly slices printer paper. You can say what you want, but don't question bluntcut's heat treatment of some good steel.

For this knife that was an easy display, not even really a test. My actual test of this knife is over in the testing and review section. THAT was a test (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...lworks)-52100-Hard-Use-(Updated-with-results)) Whatever tonight's demonstration may be to other knives, it was easy for this one. The edge looks exactly the same as it did before the demo. That's called apex stability.

The spots reflecting are not the edge. That's just paper. There are no rolls, dents, fractures or anything I can feel. That was just paper fiber still stuck to the edge. I did dent the tip by stabbing it straight into a piece of ceramic tile. I couldn't help myself.

 

[shqxk]

Cutting that amount of cardboard and still slice paper won't be anything amazing unless its was 9% Vanadium powdered steel at optimal hardness

J/K

Great test and very informative comparison:thumbup:

 

[SBaker34]

Those stabs into wood are honestly what interested me in bluntcuts HT so much, I've broken a buck 110 lightly prying some bark off a tree, if a tip could even withstand a quarter of that and still be a thin and hard edge I'm interested.

 

[bodog]

Cutting that amount of cardboard and still slice paper won't be anything amazing unless its was 9% Vanadium powdered steel at optimal hardness

J/K

Great test and very informative comparison:thumbup:

Thanks

 

[bodog]

Those stabs into wood are honestly what interested me in bluntcuts HT so much, I've broken a buck 110 lightly prying some bark off a tree, if a tip could even withstand a quarter of that and still be a thin and hard edge I'm interested.

It's definitely a high performance utility knife made to work hard. I have to say that I trust this knife more than any other I can remember. It's easy to handle and use. If you're willing to have some patina on the blade and throw some sandpaper on your work knife every once in a while then I'd recommend it to most anyone needing something that can tolerate some ridiculous stuff while performing great with normal chores and duties.

Don't be afraid to contact Luong and discuss what you need and want. I don't know if he's gone commercial yet, I'm not a spokesman for him, but talking with him via email has been pleasant for me and I'm sure he'd be happy to discuss what he's doing and why and if he's not putting his stuff on the market yet he'd probably point you to the right guy who gets it. I do know that he factors price to performance ratios so I'm sure if he does sell something the price would be acceptable for a working man.

 

[jpm2]

This is my kinda knife.
Thanks for the review.

 

[waterstoneblades]

Thanks for taking the time to post that info

 

[JayGoliath]

I kept coming back to check for your updates. Thanks for the work done and excellent review!

 

[kraftzion]

Great test. I do believe the type of ring shank nail shown is harder than your average nail.