New Mule is here! Spyderco CPM S90v Mule.

[Larrin]

Carbides in a steel does not make it a ceramic. It's still a steel. All steels have carbides. 2.1% carbon is for iron-carbon phase diagrams. Additions of other alloys changes it, as well as powder metallurgy.

 

[Jason B.]

Wiki is the wrong place to learn about steels, try reading and understanding this http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=u44l612h7l346629&size=largest or this http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4249945.html


Thats only the tip of the iceberg stuff, metallurgy is some complex sh@# and wiki only tells part of the story.


If S90V is not a steel then why does it rust?

 

[PBJSIII]

I'm not seeing any pictures....

Thought it might be the goofy 'puter at work but not on my great home unit either.

 

[zhangmaster12]

Sorry if Im dumb, but who cares if its carbides or ceramics or whatnot. It work, and works well. Isnt that what tools are about?

plz dont roast me!

On second though, it probably matters for HT... :Shrugs shoulders:

Im just happy that Ill have a chance to Get s90v for less than 100 :thumbup:

 

[hardheart]

Steel is not just iron + carbon, it is iron + carbon up to a certain concentration. Wrought iron, steel, maraging, cast iron, they can all be iron with a certain amount of carbon. Anyone who is a fan of H-1, INFI, etc should not be quibbling about ceramics present in their blades.

I agree, new processes have altered where the boundaries lie, but not all 'steel' is steel.

I can go back and read through my Heat Treater's Guide, Atlas of Isothermal Transformation & Cooling Transformation Diagrams, Tool Steel Simplified, Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmith's & Others who Heat Treat & Forge Steel, Functions of the Alloying Elements in Steel, Metallurgy of Iron & Steel, Physical Metallurgy of Steel, or some of the pdfs I have on my computer if wikipedia is insufficient.

 

[sodak]

Steel is not just iron + carbon, it is iron + carbon up to a certain concentration. Wrought iron, steel, maraging, cast iron, they can all be iron with a certain amount of carbon. Anyone who is a fan of H-1, INFI, etc should not be quibbling about ceramics present in their blades.

I agree, new processes have altered where the boundaries lie, but not all 'steel' is steel.

I can go back and read through my Heat Treater's Guide, Atlas of Isothermal Transformation & Cooling Transformation Diagrams, Tool Steel Simplified, Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmith's & Others who Heat Treat & Forge Steel, Functions of the Alloying Elements in Steel, Metallurgy of Iron & Steel, Physical Metallurgy of Steel, or some of the pdfs I have on my computer if wikipedia is insufficient.

Uncle!!!! I know when my betters have arrived!!!

 

[DennisStrickland]

love those handles.until a person has walked off & left a pair of zeiss bino.elk hunting like i did you do'nt appreciate the bright colors.