Outdoor no.1 recurve

[Toni Oostendorp]

I just finished this outdoor no.1 model with a recurve blade this time. Steel is 5mm Lohmann Niobium steel, tapared tang, mosaic pins, red liners and desert ironwood for the handle. Still have to make the sheath. Hope you guys like it.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Another good looking knife.

 

[JurT]

Very nice!

 

[T.K.C.]

That IS very nice!!

 

[OldPhysics]

A very clean design, well executed. I quite like it.

Have you a reference for this particular steel alloy? I'm not familiar with it, and have an 'academic' interest in discovering what niobium will do...

 

[ciulkwens]

Have you a reference for this particular steel alloy? I'm not familiar with it, and have an 'academic' interest in discovering what niobium will do...

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BTW me like you knives

 

[Wolfgang]

Another very well made user from your shop, Toni ! :thumbup:

Clean lines and looking very comfy.

BTW did anybody ask about that Lohmann Niobium steel already?

 

[Toni Oostendorp]

Thanks for the comments,

by Niobium steel I mean the following steel:

Lohman's 1.4153.03 (niolox) Stainless Niobium tool steel. I'm told the niobium is a carbide former which produces much smaller carbides than Chrome. Because of the niobium, the chrome does not have the tendency to produce that much chromecarbides, which is why you don't need that much chrome in the steel to get it really rust resistant. The other benifit is that because of the lesser chromecarbides the steel has a very fine grain stucture and is more flexible and won't chip that easily. the steel is developed for the food processing industry.

I'm no metallurgist so I hope I have explained it the right way.

On a more practical level, there are quit some makers here in Europe who use the steel, and they all report a better performanc than ATS 34 or RWL 34. I have a testknife that I'm using at this moment, and it looks veeeeeery promising.