My Kershaw Cryo is magnetic.

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bladerique

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I received my Cryo the other day and I keep it in a drawer filled with little doodads at night, and this drawer includes paperclips. The knife picks light paperclips up. Is this a design feature? Any other Cryo owners notice this?
 
I received a Boker Toucan about a month ago, and it came magnetic. It can pick up bottlecaps, and was always attracting the metal chain it came with. Only knife I've ever had come magnetic... no idea why
 
One of my zings is very magnetic.

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It was discussed at length here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/978261-Self-magnetizing-knife-blades
 
Other knives too? We need to get to the bottom of this magno-conspiracy. I'm joking here, but I'd really would like to know why.
 
That's really weird. The only magnetic blades I've ever had are those I've kept on magnets on the side of the fridge (which is easily understandable). This is just weird. :eek: Maybe it's just you guys' magnetic personalities rubbing off on your knives? :D
 
bladerique said:
I should add only the handle is mildly magnetic.
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I was all ready to to say that this is a wierd thread but decided to check mine and I can say that the handle of my Cryo is NOT magnetic at all.

The blade,however, does pick up paper clips! Maybe it's paper clips that are the culprit! Strange-to say the least.
 
Most of my fixed blades, especially BRKT I have noticed are slightly magnatized. I wonder if it's a static charge from the grinder.
 
bladerique said:
Other knives too? We need to get to the bottom of this magno-conspiracy. I'm joking here, but I'd really would like to know why.
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Most of the Chinese blades are made using recycled steel from nuclear power plants, so in addition to being magnetic, its also highly radioactive. In fact, 8Cr13MoV is the International Atomic Energy Agency's designation for high chromium steels suitable for reactor and containment vessel applications. Most people don't know this. See pp. 159 - 161 here: link. Kershaw uses 8Cr13MoV because the Chinese government actually pays them to take it away. Its a great deal for Kershaw, but if you've ever wondered why your jeans pocket disintegrates in the exact spot where you carry that Chinese blade, now you know.
 
Just think, ya'll are placing these radioactive blades in your pocket near your babymaker :)
 
Very sure it's not a design feature. It's probably from the manufacturing process. If you know someone who works at a store that uses magnetic theft-prevention devices, have them swipe (degauss) it for you if it's bothering you. Serious machinists will also probably be able to degauss.
 
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AC current traveling through wires produces magnetic fields so these fields are common. The more current, the stronger the field.

In a machine shop it is very common for your tools to pick up a mild magnetism. The transformers and AC motors powering the machines work on the princible of coils of wires with AC current producing magnetic fields.

Anywayz, maybe someone set your blade on a transformer once or some such. Maybe a non-flat screen monitor could do it, I dunno. Light magnetism on tools is not uncommon.
 
powernoodle said:
Most of the Chinese blades are made using recycled steel from nuclear power plants, so in addition to being magnetic, its also highly radioactive. In fact, 8Cr13MoV is the International Atomic Energy Agency's designation for high chromium steels suitable for reactor and containment vessel applications. Most people don't know this. See pp. 159 - 161 here: link. Kershaw uses 8Cr13MoV because the Chinese government actually pays them to take it away. Its a great deal for Kershaw, but if you've ever wondered why your jeans pocket disintegrates in the exact spot where you carry that Chinese blade, now you know.
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Why I don't buy Chinese
 
powernoodle said:
Most of the Chinese blades are made using recycled steel from nuclear power plants, so in addition to being magnetic, its also highly radioactive. In fact, 8Cr13MoV is the International Atomic Energy Agency's designation for high chromium steels suitable for reactor and containment vessel applications. Most people don't know this. See pp. 159 - 161 here: link. Kershaw uses 8Cr13MoV because the Chinese government actually pays them to take it away. Its a great deal for Kershaw, but if you've ever wondered why your jeans pocket disintegrates in the exact spot where you carry that Chinese blade, now you know.
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Hmm... I work at a Nuclear Power Plant, I'll take one of my 8Cr13Mov knives with me tonight and scan it with a radiation detector, and go through a contamination detector with it in my pocket and see what happens.
 
powernoodle said:
Most of the Chinese blades are made using recycled steel from nuclear power plants, so in addition to being magnetic, its also highly radioactive. In fact, 8Cr13MoV is the International Atomic Energy Agency's designation for high chromium steels suitable for reactor and containment vessel applications. Most people don't know this. See pp. 159 - 161 here: link. Kershaw uses 8Cr13MoV because the Chinese government actually pays them to take it away. Its a great deal for Kershaw, but if you've ever wondered why your jeans pocket disintegrates in the exact spot where you carry that Chinese blade, now you know.
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http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/43577

What the hell?
 
I did a quick internet search and there does seem to be an increase in radioactive steel being imported, not just from China, but from India too.
 
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