Opinions on 80crv2 edge retention

Kentucky said:
That’s me, I’ve never had trouble straightening anything I’ve ever heat treated. This steel above 9” just corkscrews. I’m going to reheat treat a big blank I got and take a pic just for fun
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The only time that happened to me was when it was about 25 degrees out and I didn't think to pre heat my parks 50. That blade nearly folded itself in half!
 
I like it, personally. I have a skinner I made out of 80CrV2 and it has performed rather well, even though I wish I’d ground it thinner. I had previously used a skinner out of 1080 and it performed okay, but stained much easier than the 80CrV2. I have a salt pot that I use for heat treat and will continue to use the steel. When I get around to making a small Damascus billet, I plan to try it with 15N20 and 80CrV2 for an experiment. I haven’t used it in a larger knife or used mine for higher impact type chores. But I’ve been happy with what I have used it for.

Jeremy
 
Lest we forget, if you want fairly tough, there is always 52100 done with the lower austenizing temperature, 1475F IIRC. Busse seems to do okay with it in their lower priced line. A few years back, I asked Kevin Cashen what readily available carbon/tool steels he would use say for a mid-tech line and he said O1 for blades under 5 inches and 52100 for ones bigger than that.
 
jdm61 said:
Lest we forget, if you want fairly tough, there is always 52100 done with the lower austenizing temperature, 1475F IIRC. Busse seems to do okay with it in their lower priced line. A few years back, I asked Kevin Cashen what readily available carbon/tool steels he would use say for a mid-tech line and he said O1 for blades under 5 inches and 52100 for ones bigger than that.
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I like 52100 a lot. We use Kevin’s low aust heat treat.. good steel, it’s tougher than it gets credit for
 
Rumor has it that Bob Kramer was the guy or one of the guys who first nailed that lower temp HT for 52100. I don't know if you have seen it, but a number of years back, he appeared on the CBS Sunday Morning show IIRC and did an impromptu ABS Js performance test for the camera with a 10 inch 52100 chefs knife. It passed including bending to 90 and coming back to straight. ;)
Kentucky said:
I like 52100 a lot. We use Kevin’s low aust heat treat.. good steel, it’s tougher than it gets credit for
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jdm61 said:
Rumor has it that Bob Kramer was the guy or one of the guys who first nailed that lower temp HT for 52100. I don't know if you have seen it, but a number of years back, he appeared on the CBS Sunday Morning show IIRC and did an impromptu ABS Js performance test for the camera with a 10 inch 52100 chefs knife. It passed including bending to 90 and coming back to straight. ;)
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No I think I caught it on YouTube later. I did see him on modern marvels several years back.. I still have daydreams of that 500lb LG
 
I changed my mind. I’ve got two conditions in v4e, and two in 3v to do get, and I got a few emergency calls for my real job. I’ll pack what I have done this afternoon, and send it off to Chuck for grinding. This is the biggest batch so far.
 
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