Hey guys does any body know anything about titanium knives and how they perform?According to mission their steel holds an edge,has great flexibility and will not corrode at all,yet I hear very little about titanium in the cutlery industry,why?Are there performance drawbacks with this kind of steel?If its so great why arent more folks using it?
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I believe general consensus is that edge retention is pretty bad, and not suited for "utility" or frequently hard-used knives. Low magnetic signiature and great weight-to-strength ratio are the upsides.
As for knife types, I think a small Ti neck knife would be ideal, since it is super-light, and corrosion resistant...
As for knife types, I think a small Ti neck knife would be ideal, since it is super-light, and corrosion resistant...
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I have an MPU which is set up as a small neck knife. They also make the MPD which is the same with a blunt tip and serrations for a more effective dive knife. Either one makes a great little prybar.
Mission's titanium holds a reasonable edge pretty well, but it cannot come close to steel. It's nice in the kitchen on fruits and vegetables and cleans up easily.
The MPS was designed as a skeleton handle substitute for the Air Force survival knife, and would make a good addition to your kit when out camping.
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Boker uses titanium, and they have a folder with a Ti blade that has ceramic added to help with cutting ability. I had a Ti bladed benchmade some years back, not very good edge holding at all. David Boye uses dendritic cobalt in his folders, won't rust and cuts forever. There's also talonite, which you'll find in Cuda knives, as well as others.
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marsupial :
First off all note there are many different kinds of Ti, Missions Beta-Ti gets fairly hard for Titanium, harder than most others. However the drawbacks are that it is still fairly soft (<50 HRC) and thus the edge will dent more severely than most cutlery steels if impacted off a hard target.
The edge retention in general is high due to the serration pattern they use and the very coarse edge which it is left with, it easily outlasts plan edged knives on much hgiher grades of steel with finer edges. The Beta-Ti blade is also extremely tough both in terms of taking heavy impacts and extreme flexes. Ref :
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sstamp/knives/MPK_Ti.html
-Cliff
First off all note there are many different kinds of Ti, Missions Beta-Ti gets fairly hard for Titanium, harder than most others. However the drawbacks are that it is still fairly soft (<50 HRC) and thus the edge will dent more severely than most cutlery steels if impacted off a hard target.
The edge retention in general is high due to the serration pattern they use and the very coarse edge which it is left with, it easily outlasts plan edged knives on much hgiher grades of steel with finer edges. The Beta-Ti blade is also extremely tough both in terms of taking heavy impacts and extreme flexes. Ref :
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sstamp/knives/MPK_Ti.html
-Cliff