Putting an edge on a Toaks titanium butter knife.

[kaboku68]

I recently purchased a toaks titanium butter knife off of amazon and thought it would be interesting if I could grind an edge on it. Has anybody on here had experience with putting a standard grind on a titanium knife and get both cutting and edge retention?


Sincerely,
Thomas

 

[Boris74]

I recently purchased a toaks titanium butter knife off of amazon and thought it would be interesting if I could grind an edge on it. Has anybody on here had experience with putting a standard grind on a titanium knife and get both cutting and edge retention?


Sincerely,
Thomas

Depends on what grade it is. More than likely that butter knife is grade 2 and will be extremely soft and super tough. You won't need to use a grinder, a diamond stone will make short work at putting an edge on it fast. If it's grade 5 like most Ti blades are that are made for cutting it will take a better edge but won't match retention of any steel unless it is carbidized on one side, at which point it will actually get very sharp with use as the non carbidized side wears and the carbidized side does not. My grade 5 Ti knife is carbidized on one side and I've been using it for almost 8 months now and only sharpened it once, and it will shave hair right now. Bare on both sides, I wouldn't expect much edge life at all but it will take a very keen edge.

 

[Mecha]

Hmmm, Boris74 seems to be quite right. :barf:

 

[Boris74]

Hmmm, Boris74 seems to be quite right. :barf:

Never took a class on how to make one, but I learn a heck of a lot using them. Kinda just happens ya know, if you use them.

 

[Mecha]

Never took a class on how to make one, but I learn a heck of a lot using them. Kinda just happens ya know, if you use them.

[video=youtube;uQl5aYhkF3E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQl5aYhkF3E[/video]

 

[Leftytwogunz]

Hmmm, Boris74 seems to be quite right. :barf:

LOLOLOL

Kaboku68 I googled that knife and it appears to be serrated, so you do realize you'd lose the serrations if you re-ground it, yes?
Also Titanium is probably used in this camp-related knife to save weight, and be low maintenance/rust free. Titanium is not known
for good edge retention.
Best of luck.

 

[Mecha]

The ability for titanium to make a good blade can be greatly improved depending on what it's alloyed with; similarly, iron isn't known for good edge retention either until it's alloyed with carbon and other elements to make steel. However, titanium alloys are still largely unexplored territory for blade use. When someone says "titanium" can't hold an edge, it's always in reference to the ubiquitous 6al4v (grade 5) which comes from the mill as a softer, impact and stress-resistant form for structural use. 6al4v is specifically designed to not get too hard, hence the tungsten carbide edge treatment, but even without tungsten carbide it can be improved and work great for large chopping blades that are less dependent upon sheer hardness for performance.