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Phat Bob in D2?
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It'd be interesting to get someone real familiar with the steel to chime in. Dozier seems to use it a lot. I'm working a small chip out of my D2 LEPB right now, and while I've been known to not be sure what kind of use constitutes "abuse" of a knife, in this case I can be 100% certain I didn't do anything unusual here.
BRL;
While I don't know as much about D2 as Bob, I do know a bit. Up until about a year ago, if a knife was available in D2, I got it. Benchmade, Queen, Boker, Kershaw, Spyderco, Buck (the 118) all made D2 knives and I came pretty close to buying them all. The only one I still have is a composite blade Leek. I've had no real problems with any of mine, and they got used. The Kershaw Outcast (a D2 chopper) didn't chip at all, and only once (with a Queen model) did I have corrosion problems. I'm willing to bet that your knife missed a heat treat or was treated too high. D2 doesn't chip out with casual use unless there's a defect, and if you take the Rockwell down like they did with the Outcast, it will withstand chopping.
While I don't know as much about D2 as Bob, I do know a bit. Up until about a year ago, if a knife was available in D2, I got it. Benchmade, Queen, Boker, Kershaw, Spyderco, Buck (the 118) all made D2 knives and I came pretty close to buying them all. The only one I still have is a composite blade Leek. I've had no real problems with any of mine, and they got used. The Kershaw Outcast (a D2 chopper) didn't chip at all, and only once (with a Queen model) did I have corrosion problems. I'm willing to bet that your knife missed a heat treat or was treated too high. D2 doesn't chip out with casual use unless there's a defect, and if you take the Rockwell down like they did with the Outcast, it will withstand chopping.
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BRL, I chipped mine out, pretty bad. But, I was not doing the "norm" with a folding knife.
I've talked with Tha Toooj quite extensively about it, and what he told me was the D2 tends to build carbides in large clumps, so, perhaps yours dumped a clump.
How big was the chip?
Moose
I've talked with Tha Toooj quite extensively about it, and what he told me was the D2 tends to build carbides in large clumps, so, perhaps yours dumped a clump.
How big was the chip?
Moose
