Ranger wedding blades

Storm Crow

Storm Crow

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Not that they were necessarily used in the wedding. They might have been; he didn't say. :D

But he did give me permission to mention his profession. These two knives were commissioned by a return customer in the Army Rangers, one for himself and one for his best man, also a Ranger.

He wanted a matching set of double-edged Benghazi Warfighters. I forged them from 80CrV2 steel, with black TeroTuf handle slabs and flared stainless steel tube rivets.





Prior to giving them their black oxide finish, I took them down the road to a laser engraver. The opposite sides had a unit insignia and personal identifiers etched in, and this side has these lines of verse:

"The wolves will learn
What we've shown before
We love our sheep
We dogs of war"



He picked out this pattern of camo Kydex, and I set the sheaths up with Combat Loops for belt carry.



Upon receiving them, he told me that he "couldn't be more pleased". That's always what a maker likes to hear. :)
 
Those are some pretty sweet blades!! I don't have any experience with that steel, what other steels is it most similar to?
 
Thanks, guys!

REVDH - Here's some testing that I've done recently with another 80CrV2 blade: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1341466-80CrV2-camp-knife-testing

And here is the chemistry:

Chemistry/Certification
Typical Chemistry: Carbon 0.807 Silicon 0.32 Manganese 0.54 Phosphorus 0.010 Sulfur 0.003 Chromium 0.503 Vanadium 0.153

It also is sold under the name 1080+, but all the extra elements make it a lot stiffer under the hammer than straight up 1080. It's often compared to 5160 due to similar heat treatment, but aside from the obvious higher carbon content, the rest of the percentages are different too.
 
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