MechaTitanium

That's a very fine blade, Lorien. You will be able to hand it down to your kids, and they theirs, and so forth for a very long time. Another good one, Sam!
 
David Stifle said:
That's a very fine blade, Lorien. You will be able to hand it down to your kids, and they theirs, and so forth for a very long time. Another good one, Sam!
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Thanks Dave, and everyone else. If anyone out there with a Mad Science big chopper or sword has anything to say about it, do tell. I know quite a few BF members have had one for a while, some early experimental types, and others that were more recent and refined. Feedback is important.
 
I was able to get out yesterday for 3 hours, and man this thing continues to impress!
I'll have to get you a photo of the bevel geometry, this thing is so acute and so thin, and incredibly resilient. And so light.
I've never used anything remotely like it
 
Lorien said:
I was able to get out yesterday for 3 hours, and man this thing continues to impress!
I'll have to get you a photo of the bevel geometry, this thing is so acute and so thin, and incredibly resilient. And so light.
I've never used anything remotely like it
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Excellent! :thumbup:
 
Man!
Thanks for those pix, Lorien.
Action's speak louder than words.
If I may, the late John Moore, owner of Mission Knives, was way ahead of his time. He fully knew that a Titanium knife made perfect sense.
rolf
 
Lycosa said:
Man!
Thanks for those pix, Lorien.
Action's speak louder than words.
If I may, the late John Moore, owner of Mission Knives, was way ahead of his time. He fully knew that a Titanium knife made perfect sense.
rolf
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Well, it can definitely be used to make a good hand-tool cutting implement. There are some big differences between the various titanium alloys I've messed with (while still keeping their basic similarities), as you see with steels. So I suppose that it's like all blades - a matter of the alloy used, how it's processed and heat-treated, the geometry, and the task it's to be used for. Everything is relative.

Cool photos Lorien, a bit difficult to see what's going on, but that's the problem with photographing shiny things! :D
 
Yes komrad, mecha!
Mission uses their proprietary Beta Titanium and do it just right.
John Moore was infantry in WW2 and he knew what he, and other soldiers, wanted in a combat knife.
 
After reading Sam's most recent thread here it struck me that I haven't had this tool out in +/- 0 degree conditions. Conveniently, (apart from the power going out) we've had a bit of a cold snap.

This is perfect time for clearing trails, since the shrubs are weighted down a bit by snow, and some of the spindlier stuff cuts pretty easy. If fact, some of this stuff you can clear using a stick, in these conditions. The problem is, it's really hard on a blade cutting frozen flora in the cold. I've had very well made knives chip out and or ripple using them in these conditions.

Every time I use this thing, I come back even more impressed.













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