Rockwell Hardness of the M-Tech Xtreme Raptor Bowie?

T.L.E. Sharp said:
8hrc. Very slightly harder than I'd be after seeing Donatella Versace eat heaping spoonfuls of mayonnaise.

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Thanks. I just threw up my post workout. Haha.
 
I’m soo confused/interested in this thread. Not to be mean but it’s not a highly regarded brand and not really considered a quality blade , along with the odd talk of heat treat that didn’t really make sense. o_O

If it works and you like it go for it.

If your a Russian bot , well you one this round, and got people to chime in to talk about a knife where all the specs are unknown but at least you know it’s stainless steel :rolleyes:
 
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Appears to be 8Cr17MoV (which iirc is 440B) steel from the reviewers comments. As it says both that and 440c.

In any case 440b is usually between 55 and 60hrc.
Guessing being its a chopper that it's around 55hrc. Probably lower considering the mixed reviews on quality control and burnt edges.
 
maurice.v said:
The Mtech Raptor is an Awesome Bowie. I have it and it's indestructible which is why I am wondering what the hardness is. It's by far the best MTech product there is. I want to know if it has been heat treated because if it isn't, I want to get it heat treated here locally and raise the hardness by 60. It's not a cheap knife, it's a good knife. people don't like it because it's heavy, but it's not that much different in weight from the Ontario SP10. I have many knives and I know quality when I use it!
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If it's awesome and indestructible, why would you want to mess with it?

If it was carbon steel, you could re-do the heat treat, but it's inexpensive stainless, so the odds are good you'd only screw it up. Also, I don't think you can 'raise the hardness by 60,' and if you could, you would have succeeded only in making a useless knife, and you'll probably break it more or less instantly afterward.
 
As far as MTECHs go, that one doesn't look bad.
As far as threads go, one of the better I've seen.
 
AntDog said:
You can’t just re-heat treat a knife. You’ll mess it up to put it mildly. It would be funny to see you take it somewhere and see what they say though. Take video if possible.

If it’s working for you, don’t mess with it.
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I have never had it done before but I am pretty sure you can heat treat a blade again and actually make it perform more to your liking.

It will probably cost more than the knife though.
 
maurice.v said:
Also there are NO bad reviews on the Raptor ANYWHERE on the web, and can give the more expensive knives a run for their money. I have seen Kabars fail, Ontarios, Buck, but NEVER this model of knife!! It's indestructible. people can laugh at an MTech and I love placing bets on who's knife is going to fail, but everybody shuts up when I pull this bad boy out. I love it and I want to give my Bowie the royal treatment.
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No it's just 7mm thick lol
 
willc said:
I have never had it done before but I am pretty sure you can heat treat a blade again and actually make it perform more to your liking.

It will probably cost more than the knife though.
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Alot of times the outcome is not good and sometimes the blades end up warping. It's best to heat treat once only. It can work though. I think it would be a gamble though.
 
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Mo2 said:
Alot of times the outcome is not good and sometimes the blades end up warping. It's best to heat treat once only. It can work though. I think it would be a gamble though.
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Or you heat treat THREE times as the third one warps it back the other way, and boom, straight ultra heat treated blade. Save your applause for later...
 
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