Muskrat pattern slip joint

Don Adelfson

Don Adelfson

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Who would you choose to make one? (I am not taking a poll..I want to have one made and this seemed like the best way to cut to the chase.)
 
truenorthknives.com has a nice muskrat by P.J. Tomes in stock. Why wait to have one made?
 
FE...thank you for the Truenorth link..looks like a good one.

Checked out the Tomes muskrat...I cannot understand why anyone would go to the trouble of creating such a beautiful knife and then use semi-crappy steel for the blades!
 
I'm not all that familiar with Sandvik 12C27 Stainless, and I don't know a lot about PJ Tomes. But he is a Master Smith, so there must be something to be said for that steel. Just for my own education, what is the down side of that steel? I agree with you...it is a good looking knife.
 
12C27 makes a great knife steel when heat treated correctly. P.J. knows what he is doing.
 
Originally posted by Bastid
12C27 makes a great knife steel when heat treated correctly. P.J. knows what he is doing.
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I've used it enough to totally disagree...you can heat treat it 'til you drop and you're still gonna end up with a steel which will cut, hold an edge, sharpen and generally perform at the level of AUS-6.

As for P.J. knowing what he's doing...so what?
 
Not to argue since I do not have any AUS6 slipjoints. But I do have sevearal from P.J. that I use. Don't really find them any better or worse than a few in ATS 34 that I use.

On the so what part, this is just my opinion and that is about all it is worth :). I just happen to know the man and his knives and think highly of both. Other folks may not come to the same conclusions. I think it would be good to get in touch with him and talk to him about what he does to 12C27 and why (since I have asked him the same question a while back liked the answer and purchased a knife that I have been very pleased with).
 
Originally posted by Bastid
I think it would be good to get in touch with him and talk to him about what he does to 12C27 and why
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As the old saying goes, "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Applies here; IMO...YMMV.
 
Don, there are some folks using BG42 and forged 52100 that might foot the bill. (Check out Burk and Bradshaw off the top of my head.) I own some of their work and you might be happier with them.
 
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