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[ziozeb]

Steel C145SC, thickness 5,8mm (0.22"). Total length 31 (12.2") . Blade length 18.5 cm (7.3"). Guard steel 416. Black spacers. Handle sambar, butt cap steel rwl34.
Leather sheath by Kiara

 

[Storm Crow]

That's an interesting pattern in the steel. Is it alloy banding from thermal cycling? I've seen that happen with 1095 (other folks' blades).

Love the blade profile!

 

[ziozeb]

That's an interesting pattern in the steel. Is it alloy banding from thermal cycling? I've seen that happen with 1095 (other folks' blades).

Love the blade profile!

The C145SC is a steel that i developped and produced as a quasi-response to the never ceasing rumours that only japanese steel mills are able to make super clean, pure carbon steels. I wanted to prove that it's not only possible to make such a steel in germany, but to make it even more clean.

C145SC was made as a single batch in a quite small quantity of only about 700 kilos of which about 100 kilos are left right now. The alloy content is set to have a pure water hardening steel that is as free as possible from disturbing elements as silicium, phosphorous and sulfur. Manganese content was adapted to a crtain level, so it can be hardened at all. The steel contains 1,45 % carbon, 0,25 % manganese and barely anything else. Silicium and sulfur are at the same level as in white paper steel, but phosphorous is 10 times less. The steel was made in the Lohmann steel mill in Witten, Germany, using a completely new, unused furnace so no further trace elements of other melts could go into the steel.

 

[wdtorque]

Beauty. I'd have it by my side any day.
Dozier
Accuracy beets speed

 

[Don Nguyen]

The C145SC is a steel that i developped and produced as a quasi-response to the never ceasing rumours that only japanese steel mills are able to make super clean, pure carbon steels. I wanted to prove that it's not only possible to make such a steel in germany, but to make it even more clean.

C145SC was made as a single batch in a quite small quantity of only about 700 kilos of which about 100 kilos are left right now. The alloy content is set to have a pure water hardening steel that is as free as possible from disturbing elements as silicium, phosphorous and sulfur. Manganese content was adapted to a crtain level, so it can be hardened at all. The steel contains 1,45 % carbon, 0,25 % manganese and barely anything else. Silicium and sulfur are at the same level as in white paper steel, but phosphorous is 10 times less. The steel was made in the Lohmann steel mill in Witten, Germany, using a completely new, unused furnace so no further trace elements of other melts could go into the steel.

Now that is very interesting. Very pleasing knife to look at too.

 

[Kohai999]

That is a really good looking knife.

Your hardening line is amost perfect.

Huge kudos for filing the buttcap to match the texture on the stag handle!

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson