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Mad Dog + Mission = Nexus

The knife looks good, but I would definitely have to check it out in person before putting out that much money.

I have worked with G-10 and that handle wouldn't be that hard to make.
 
Bohler makes some great steels. Many of their steels would make good knife steels. K360 has the elements to make a good knife steel:

Steel...Carbo...Chromi...Manga...Molyb...Nicke...Phosp...Silic...Sulfu...Vanad
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A8........500....8.500...0.500...1.200...0.000...0.035...0.900...0.035...0.500
K360....1.250....8.750...0.350...2.700...0.000...0.000...0.900...0.000...1.180
D-2.....1.500...12.000...0.600...0.950...0.300...0.000...0.600...0.000...1.100

I don't think K360 would be more stain resistant than D2 because it does not have as much chromium. It has lots of carbon to make chromium, molybdenum and vanadium carbides. With all the moly it should withstand a fair amount of heat.
 
Chuck Bybee said:
Bohler makes some great steels. Many of their steels would make good knife steels. K360 has the elements to make a good knife steel:

Steel...Carbo...Chromi...Manga...Molyb...Nicke...Phosp...Silic...Sulfu...Vanad
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A8........500....8.500...0.500...1.200...0.000...0.035...0.900...0.035...0.500
K360....1.250....8.750...0.350...2.700...0.000...0.000...0.900...0.000...1.180
D-2.....1.500...12.000...0.600...0.950...0.300...0.000...0.600...0.000...1.100

I don't think K360 would be more stain resistant than D2 because it does not have as much chromium. It has lots of carbon to make chromium, molybdenum and vanadium carbides. With all the moly it should withstand a fair amount of heat.
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The chemical composition and the ESR tecnology makes the grain and carbide very thin and uniform, so carbide and cromium distribution are similar to a 12% chromium steel.
 
looks pretty sweet - I like the blade shape - it does remind me of a md.
hows the handle feel in hand - is it as comfy as it looks?
 
I guess nexus knives is an asian girl band
(that group wil probably have a reunion when they see all the recent hits their website is receiving):D
 
love4steel said:
looks pretty sweet - I like the blade shape - it does remind me of a md.
hows the handle feel in hand - is it as comfy as it looks?
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The handle feel very good,is very confortable.
 
Chuck Bybee said:
K360 has the elements to make a good knife steel
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That depends on the type of knife, it looks like Vascowear with a less secondary carbides. For that type of knife, A8 would be a much better steel, D2 and similar steels are optomized for the wrong set of properties, especially when the spine thickness of the knife indicates use far away based from correlating highly to wear resistance.

What does 18% tougher than A2 mean? Which materials test was used for comparison and how was the A2 heat treated?

-Cliff
 
Vascowear, in not very tough, it have over 1% tungsten.
The ESR k360 have same propriety superior than A2 as plastic deformation chipping and cracking. Test is maked for steel (a2,k360 ) hardrned at 58HRC.

ESR mean
Electro Slag Remelted In Electro Slag Remelting the ingot is built up in a water cooled mould by melting a consumable electrode immersed in a superheated process slag. An electrical current flowing through the liquid slag, which provides the electrical resistance, generates the heat. As the slag temperature rises above the liquids temperature of the steel, the tip of the electrode melts. The reaction between slag and steel droplets results in a significant reduction in sulphur and non-metallic inclusions. The directional solidification of the ingot from bottom to top results in an ingot with a high homogeneity and freedom from macro - segregations. This gives uniform mechanical properties in the longitudinal and transverse directions after hot working. By utilizing homogenisation annealing of ingots, a high ingot break down and special heat treatment methods for structure refinement and strategy is fulfilled in optimising steel properties for an extended tool life.
(bohler)
 
molletta said:
Vascowear, in not very tough, it have over 1% tungsten.
The ESR k360 have same propriety superior than A2 as plastic deformation chipping and cracking.
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There are many ways to test for these properties, do you know which ones were performed, was it just one, or a number of them and 18% represents an average improvement or of one specific materials test?

Test is maked for steel (a2,k360 ) hardrned at 58HRC.
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There are a few ways to get there, do you know how it was heat treated?

-Cliff
 
test is chipping, cracking and plastic deformation. the 18% is the average improvement.

The heat treatement it has been the itself one for the k305(A2) and K360.
 
Love the blade, reminds me of a mad dog. Hate to say it, but the handle looks positively amateurish, at least in the pics. Be interested in handling it if it ever hits the states.
 
Considering the working difficulty, the handle is made in one piece and not from more pieces glued or screwed, it turns out comfortable and also in onerous jobs it has not made to come the calluses.
 
Molletta - thanks for the pics. It's an interesting looking knife - more Mad Dog-ish handle, with Mission MPK-ish blade stretched out.

The handle sides look like flat slabs though - are they as comfy as a contoured Mad Dog?
 
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