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Huntsman Knife Co. LLC. said:
Hey! Thanks for the post! I'll get that link fixed.

To answer your question, 3V is both more expensive to purchase and more difficult to work than Z Tuff.

Both are very difficult to CNC mill but with the extra vanadium content, 3V burns through endmills much faster than Z tuff.

One of the reasons I'm such a huge fan of Z Tuff is that its basically 3V lite. It has similar hardneability, better toughness, the same corrosion resistance, but with less edge holding, all while costing much less. Its a great material that I plan on using for the long haul.
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  • ~.030 BTE thickness for tyrant bowie Was this done to make it cut better?
    By the way, what is the sharpening angle? 20? Or more? (I mean, I don’t really understand, something like a thickness of 0.040-0.050 won’t cut like that anymore?)
  • How much will it affect the durability and strength of a conditionally increasing parameter to 0.040 or 0.050, or is it not so important for such steels?
  • The new handle is incredible, I definitely want it, that's just the way it is :)
 
Huntsman Knife Co. LLC. said:
Hey! Thanks for the post! I'll get that link fixed.

To answer your question, 3V is both more expensive to purchase and more difficult to work than Z Tuff.

Both are very difficult to CNC mill but with the extra vanadium content, 3V burns through endmills much faster than Z tuff.

One of the reasons I'm such a huge fan of Z Tuff is that its basically 3V lite. It has similar hardneability, better toughness, the same corrosion resistance, but with less edge holding, all while costing much less. Its a great material that I plan on using for the long haul.
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You didn’t answer the last question, probably just because you didn’t see it!
It was interesting to know what exactly inspired you when creating the Tyrant, the machete, and the rest of your blades. Also, the material of the handles is made of carbon, customization with coating.
Do you have a favorite company/maker of fixed and folding knives?

I remember you said that handles and Coating. This is what interests you now in creating knives.
From my point of view, it is very interesting that you do such flexible customization, while having a website, and not trading only from the forum. (This is so cool)
What kind of knives, besides the ones you make, do you have? In the kitchen, it looks like maybe even axes, or cool tools.
 
Moorik said:
You didn’t answer the last question, probably just because you didn’t see it!
It was interesting to know what exactly inspired you when creating the Tyrant, the machete, and the rest of your blades. Also, the material of the handles is made of carbon, customization with coating.
Do you have a favorite company/maker of fixed and folding knives?

I remember you said that handles and Coating. This is what interests you now in creating knives.
From my point of view, it is very interesting that you do such flexible customization, while having a website, and not trading only from the forum. (This is so cool)
What kind of knives, besides the ones you make, do you have? In the kitchen, it looks like maybe even axes, or cool tools.
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I started getting into knives when I was 19 and just wanted a good blade to take on hiking trips etc...

Well, I ended up going wayyyyy off the deep end and got into Spyderco and Benchmade for folders and ESEE and Busse Kin knives for fixed blades. After a while I got some blades from custom makers and started making some custom scales by hand. It kind of turned on a lightbulb in my head, like hey, I could make a knife.

So around 2012 I designed my first knife and collaborated with Jim Rosa to get it made. He ground the blade and I made the handle and sheath.

I absolutely loved it so I bought a good grinder and went to work making my own knives. I started Huntsman Knife Co. right when I got out of college 2013 and launched my first models which were the Nessmuck, Trail Hawk ,Fell Beast, the EDC, and the Fjord Hiker.

I actually still have one of the first EDC's I ever made in .22 thick CPM 3V. Its beat up now but was actually a really solid blade, especially for the time. I might need to bring this chonky EDC model back.

I made knives up until 2019 when I had to stop to practice law and I got back into it this past year.

For the coatings and crazy carbon fibers, it all started when I showed my best friend Seth one of the Fell Beast blanks that had come back from heat treat and it still had the oxide layer on the surface from tempering. With the 400 degree temper, the oxide color is kind of a straw gold.

I was like "Yeah this is the new model, sorry it looks like crap right now, I need to tumble the oxide off," and he goes,

"No, I actually like the gold."

At that moment it hit me, I should make a completely gold coated blade, but what handle material would I use? It would have to be something crazy. So thats when I stumbled upon FatCarbon from Poland and saw all the wild colors and patterns they make.

So now, I have all these Cerakote colors and carbon fibers I want to play around with to make some crazy special editions.

Right now, I have the following Editions getting produced, mainly for the Tyrant Bowie, but some Fell Beasts. I'm going to keep these around for other blades as well. They won't be available for order. I'm just going to post them when they are completed and ready for sale.

"24K"
"Green Ranger"--> gold blade, green scales
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"--> Light blue blade, blue inlayed carbon, or Turbo Glow white"
"Burning Godzilla"--> Custom patterned red and black blade, Turbo Glow Red"
"Cerulean Skies"--> blue blade, blue carbon scales.
"Kolob Canyon"--> Grey blade, orange and red carbon
"Glacier Park"--> White blade, translucent blue G10, white trubo glow liner
"Alient's Exist"--> titanium blade, Green Turbo glow scales.
"White Ranger"--> White blade, gold carbon scales
"Abyss"--> Black blade, purple carbon scales.

Here's that EDC from all the way back in 2013

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Huntsman Knife Co. LLC. said:
I started getting into knives when I was 19 and just wanted a good blade to take on hiking trips etc...

Well, I ended up going wayyyyy off the deep end and got into Spyderco and Benchmade for folders and ESEE and Busse Kin knives for fixed blades. After a while I got some blades from custom makers and started making some custom scales by hand. It kind of turned on a lightbulb in my head, like hey, I could make a knife.

So around 2012 I designed my first knife and collaborated with Jim Rosa to get it made. He ground the blade and I made the handle and sheath.

I absolutely loved it so I bought a good grinder and went to work making my own knives. I started Huntsman Knife Co. right when I got out of college 2013 and launched my first models which were the Nessmuck, Trail Hawk ,Fell Beast, the EDC, and the Fjord Hiker.

I actually still have one of the first EDC's I ever made in .22 thick CPM 3V. Its beat up now but was actually a really solid blade, especially for the time. I might need to bring this chonky EDC model back.

I made knives up until 2019 when I had to stop to practice law and I got back into it this past year.

For the coatings and crazy carbon fibers, it all started when I showed my best friend Seth one of the Fell Beast blanks that had come back from heat treat and it still had the oxide layer on the surface from tempering. With the 400 degree temper, the oxide color is kind of a straw gold.

I was like "Yeah this is the new model, sorry it looks like crap right now, I need to tumble the oxide off," and he goes,

"No, I actually like the gold."

At that moment it hit me, I should make a completely gold coated blade, but what handle material would I use? It would have to be something crazy. So thats when I stumbled upon FatCarbon from Poland and saw all the wild colors and patterns they make.

So now, I have all these Cerakote colors and carbon fibers I want to play around with to make some crazy special editions.

Right now, I have the following Editions getting produced, mainly for the Tyrant Bowie, but some Fell Beasts. I'm going to keep these around for other blades as well. They won't be available for order. I'm just going to post them when they are completed and ready for sale.

"24K"
"Green Ranger"--> gold blade, green scales
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"--> Light blue blade, blue inlayed carbon, or Turbo Glow white"
"Burning Godzilla"--> Custom patterned red and black blade, Turbo Glow Red"
"Cerulean Skies"--> blue blade, blue carbon scales.
"Kolob Canyon"--> Grey blade, orange and red carbon
"Glacier Park"--> White blade, translucent blue G10, white trubo glow liner
"Alient's Exist"--> titanium blade, Green Turbo glow scales.
"White Ranger"--> White blade, gold carbon scales
"Abyss"--> Black blade, purple carbon scales.

Here's that EDC from all the way back in 2013

WzUJU91.jpeg
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Very cool idea, it catches me in your blades.
And thank you for the story of how you came to this, it’s cool to hear about such details. So your blades and work seem to come to life and take on your history, or the path in general. This is cool, this is exactly the path that has been long, in fact, for more than 10 years.
It’s very inspiring to see how the same people who have your blades are here, in the threads on your forum tab.It’s very cool at this moment to be part of this community and history.
btw, the idea with coatings and other things is absolutely incredible.
A funny story happened recently, I went to the sales tab for Carothers blades, and was about to buy a chopper when I saw that you grabbed it.
I still laugh at this.
I'm just an ordinary person, so I'll just tell my story of how I came to knives.
I work a lot with crypto and stocks, so my lifestyle wasn't very active and I wasn't very good at doing things with my hands.
And over the last 2 years, I have taken up such a hobby as knives and sharpening them.
(I can even do a little metalworking (CNC))
several photos of knives sharpened on cast iron laps with diamond paste, or on diamond whetstones, I have a regular manual machine.
I just know how to sharpen knives so that they are EXTREMELY sharp.
This has its advantages, for example, in my wife’s pastry shop, I sharpen knives, and for this I get free coffee and sweets.
So the hobby grew into manual creativity paid for with sweets, or I don’t know how to say it :)
The first blade with 15V steel, hardness 65, is a clean cutter.
Carother FK, sharpened into a mirror blade.
And tanto Ben Tendick.
And recently I came to Huntsman blades :)
It will be cool to sharpen them so that the blade can look like a mirror, they deserve to shine
 

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Moorik said:
Very cool idea, it catches me in your blades.
And thank you for the story of how you came to this, it’s cool to hear about such details. So your blades and work seem to come to life and take on your history, or the path in general. This is cool, this is exactly the path that has been long, in fact, for more than 10 years.
It’s very inspiring to see how the same people who have your blades are here, in the threads on your forum tab.It’s very cool at this moment to be part of this community and history.
btw, the idea with coatings and other things is absolutely incredible.
A funny story happened recently, I went to the sales tab for Carothers blades, and was about to buy a chopper when I saw that you grabbed it.
I still laugh at this.
I'm just an ordinary person, so I'll just tell my story of how I came to knives.
I work a lot with crypto and stocks, so my lifestyle wasn't very active and I wasn't very good at doing things with my hands.
And over the last 2 years, I have taken up such a hobby as knives and sharpening them.
(I can even do a little metalworking (CNC))
several photos of knives sharpened on cast iron laps with diamond paste, or on diamond whetstones, I have a regular manual machine.
I just know how to sharpen knives so that they are EXTREMELY sharp.
This has its advantages, for example, in my wife’s pastry shop, I sharpen knives, and for this I get free coffee and sweets.
So the hobby grew into manual creativity paid for with sweets, or I don’t know how to say it :)
The first blade with 15V steel, hardness 65, is a clean cutter.
Carother FK, sharpened into a mirror blade.
And tanto Ben Tendick.
And recently I came to Huntsman blades :)
It will be cool to sharpen them so that the blade can look like a mirror, they deserve to shine
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Now THAT'S a proper edge!!!!! Incredible work!!!

Thanks for sharing your background! I always love hearing what customers do and how they got into knives!
 
JayGoliath said:
Any chance to see a batch of Liberator Bolo in ZTuff?
Proud owner of the A-EBL FellBeast
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Here's the draft Im working on. I'm planning on adding a ring choil to this model to give some extra hand protection and utility. You only lose about half an inch of cutting edge vs the original. .170in Z Tuff stock.


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Huntsman Knife Co. LLC. said:
Here's the draft Im working on. I'm planning on adding a ring choil to this model to give some extra hand protection and utility. You only lose about half an inch of cutting edge vs the original. .170in Z Tuff stock.


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By the way, I heard somewhere that a rounded blade, that is, as if convex, is more correct from the point of view of cutting, such as the part of the blade that can cut much more, and at a very long sharpening distance, the blade is less sharpened.
Cool!
The tyrant who has a belly :p
 
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