Micro sheepsfoot folder- Procut & Richlite

J. Doyle

J. Doyle

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This is a prototype of my micro gunstock folder with a new sheepsfoot blade. The blade steel is Procut. Scales are black Richlite. Hardware and liners are ice blue titanium. Backspacer is fileworked black g-10.

Let me know what you think about the blade design. This Procut steel is no joke.

2 1/2" blade. 3 1/4" closed. Only 3/8" thick total. Weighs 1.3 ounces. Blade is .085" thick.

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jfk1110 said:
Pretty lil cutta'.....👌
Nice job👍. How you like working with ProCut???
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Thanks man. Procut is great. It was no different than any other carbon steel to grind or hand sand, even after heat treat.

It raised a burr easily and was easily stropped off. I then cut up two medium flat rate USPS boxes into little tiny strips, so probably a couple hundred linear feet of cardboard and it still EASILY and cleanly sliced phone book paper.

Im impressed. I think its in the same class as 3V or cruwear.
 
Win Heger said:
So practical, perfect! Big fan of Wharncliffe, Sheepfoot and Coping blades. Outside of a few years I've carried one of those blade shapes.
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Thank you so much. I really appreciate your input.
 
That’s a nice looking and clean package, John. I’m curious about this new steel. How does it compare to W-2 or 1095 heat treated to Rc 60-61 for toughness and edge retention? also, how does the price compare?
 
TK Steingass said:
That’s a nice looking and clean package, John. I’m curious about this new steel. How does it compare to W-2 or 1095 heat treated to Rc 60-61 for toughness and edge retention? also, how does the price compare?
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Thanks TK!

Compared to those two steels specifically, it is significantly better in both toughness and wear resistance, no matter the heat treat protocol you use.

Procut can be treated two ways, one for max toughness and another for max wear resistance. Either way beats w2 and 1095 in both toughness and edge retention. The high wear resistance protocol is what I've used so far but it still has goid toughness even then.

The edge holding is really a significant improvement over any of the "simpler" steels we have traditionally used. There's a fair bit of Tungsten that makes some nice carbide.
 
That's a beautiful package and I like the design. A sheepsfoot or any straight edge or nearly straight edge is so useful for lots of jobs and they are simple and quick to sharpen.

I've been waiting to hear how folks like procut. On paper it sure sounds like a steel I might really enjoy trying when more knives using it start becoming available.
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
That's a beautiful package and I like the design. A sheepsfoot or any straight edge or nearly straight edge is so useful for lots of jobs and they are simple and quick to sharpen.

I've been waiting to hear how folks like procut. On paper it sure sounds like a steel I might really enjoy trying when more knives using it start becoming available.
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Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate it.

I fiddled with the design a lot before I made the actual steel blade. Its got just a tiny bit of belly/edge curve but still pretty straight. Its easy to sharpen and has enough point to puncture packages. I really like the design.

Never owned one myself before but now I want one.
 
judging by the inordinate amount of activity in this thread, in what is a slightly sleepy forum, I think it's safe to say you killed it.
 
Lorien said:
judging by the inordinate amount of activity in this thread, in what is a slightly sleepy forum, I think it's safe to say you killed it.
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As he usually does....😉.......Never disappointed seeing his work...👍👍👍
 
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