Rosta-Frei Steel is #1!

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Heyyyyyy, I remember this thread! I don't think I even had this username yet, that long ago. Wonder if my old, old login still works...
 
"Care to explain how you saw this way back when with a join date of Jan 2009 With one of your first posts stating you were new here ? "
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Bastid, as explained in your private message I've been a lurker here since 2004-2005 and that's when I saw a reference to Rostafrei's thread. I finally joined in 2009 and was a newb to posting on Bladeforums. Didn't understand I had to pay to search as no other forum I've been to does this.

I've also been a lurker/occational poster on 1911forum.com, Thefiringline.com, glocktalk.com, audioasylum.com, audioreview.com and audiogon.com mostly as vba or vinny.

Vinny
 
Thanks for the explanation. Please understand we have had a Vinny or two in the past that had major behavior problems so your post raised the antenna. My apologies for being so suspicious.
 
RostaFrei said:
….One thing we try is pattern welding steel. We ask Bruce Evans of the Bladeforums.com how we could get more patterns in the steel. He just smile and suggested something little stronger than what we been rolling! Ja Mon!
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LMAO :D:thumbup:
 
RostaFrei said:
Cliff Stamp try to break Rosta-Frei Steel blade in test. Everytime he bend it the Rost-Frei just spring back like tall weed in the wind. He try to cut 1" hemp rope with this blade. He cut and cut and cut until his arm is sore. Finally after 1 million cuts Cliff Stamp give up. "This Rosta-Frei Steel is pretty good stuff," he say, "And it never seems to need sharpening probably due to the transverse grind on the lateral axis blah blah blah." That's pretty big compliment coming from Cliff!
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This is one of my favorite parts :D

Cracks me up just re-reading it. I can imagine our up to date version of Vasili/nozh to be in this category, only with a hair whittling edge :p
 
Any bombo-klaat knows we need ouwah ROSTA-FREI in 2010!

Dat es waye 'we bump-on-et-up mon!

yahh mon! weh'al loves dat Rasta-Frei!!!!!!!

relieve ya stress mon,

enjoy
 
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I found the elemental properties of RostaFrei steel. It's heat treated to 64 RC and consists of the following:
1.1% Carbon, 28% Chromium, 2% Manganese, 2.8% Nickel, 1.5% Molybdenum, 4.5% Tungsten, 59.3% Cobalt, and .8% Nitrogen. I was able to sample a small, razor-blade sized piece of RostaFrei from a confidential source and had it tested.

In terms of cutting performance, RostaFrei won't chip when batoning through rocks, and I used it to hack through the engine block of a '64 Chevy. It was still shaving sharp afterwards. Moreso, I've found that RostaFrei is impervious to the elements and can NOT rust. I discovered that when stuck in my left front pocket, the chemical composition of RostaFrei actually repels Mall Ninjas and forces them to leave a trail of urine behind. This is some wonderful stuff!!!
 
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I found the elemental properties of RostaFrei steel. It's heat treated to 64 RC and consists of the following:
1.1% Carbon, 28% Chromium, 2% Manganese, 2.8% Nickel, 1.5% Molybdenum, 4.5% Tungsten, 59.3% Cobalt, and .8% Nitrogen. I was able to sample a small, razor-blade sized piece of RostaFrei from a confidential source and had it tested.

In terms of cutting performance, RostaFrei won't chip when batoning through rocks, and I used it to hack through the engine block of a '64 Chevy. It was still shaving sharp afterwards. Moreso, I've found that RostaFrei is impervious to the elements and can NOT rust. I discovered that when stuck in my left front pocket, the chemical composition of RostaFrei actually repels Mall Ninjas and forces them to leave a trail of urine behind. This is some wonderful stuff!!!
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That's good enough for me!!!! :D :thumbup:
 
I love Rosta-Frei!

While out shopping the other day, I was approached by a man between the ages of 25 and 30. He wore dreadlocks in his hair and he smelled like smoke. With a heavy Jamaican accent he said:"Ja, mon. I & I give you sumthin good, mon. Take it, mon. Tell ja brothas mon, that 'Rosta-Frei is numba 1!' I & I gots ta go bye, mon. I's a get I a bag of cheetos, mon."

With this, he handed me a small green box tied shut with some sort of hemp rope. He then handed me some cigarette wrapping papers and a cheap lighter. He said:"To cure ja blade when it no longa give ja good vibes, smoke on a rope."

I quickly turned around and vacated the area. I also noticed that the box smelled like one of my old friends that dropped out of high school.

Immediately, I heard what sounded like footsteps coming from behind. I'm not one to scare easily, but it sounded like there were over a dozen people walking behind me.

I tried to keep my cool, but the footsteps just got louder and louder! I could tell they were getting closer. Finally I turned around to see why everyone following me.
To my disbelief there were 17 beautiful women standing behind me.

Suddenly, without warning, they pounced! The whole gaggle of women jumped on me and pulled me to the ground. My arm hit the ground so hard that my watch crystal broke. All I could see were hands and arms grabbing at me and pulling on my clothes! I had to get away. In a last ditch effort, I grabbed some of the broken crystal from my watch and threw them all the way across the isle. At the top of my lungs, I yelled "LOOK AT THOSE DIAMONDS!". About a dozen from the mob looked at the shiny broken crystals and then made a run for them. I was barely able to push the remaining women off of me, but I managed to get away.

I ran as fast as I could to my truck and immediately drove home. When I arrived, I pulled the little green box out of my pocket and untied the hemp style rope. I slowly opened the box, treating it as if it were a ticking bomb. As the lid slid away, a handsome folding knife was revealed. It had a blade about 3-4 inches long, and a hemp wrapped handle. I opened it slowly and carefully. The blade looked like it was sharpened at a 3 degree angle. It was so sharp that my eye started bleeding after staring at it for a few minutes. I decided to put it back in the box. I was fumbling with the "Dreadlock" locking system for several minutes before I gave up trying to close it.

The knife accidentally slipped out of my hands. It started it's short flight towards the ground with the edge leading. Just before it hit the ground, I heard an earth shattering KA-BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!

All I could hear was ringing. The light was so bright that I could hardly see. By the time I could keep my eyes open, there was a huge mushroom cloud hovering above where I dropped the knife. Below the cloud was a crater so large that you cou fit a VW beatle in it. Inside the crater was the Rosta-Frei knife.

Slowly, I came to grasp what actually happened. The Rosta-Frei knife had literally split an atom!:eek:

ROSTA-FREI IS NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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kudos to Leathal Overdose. i laughed out loud at his story. man you should get into fiction writing. { i really mean it ]thanks for the best chuckle i've had this week.
 
Thank you for the kind reply, DennisStrickland. I've actually been told that before. I've considered it, but not seriously.

The problem is that I think I'm absolutely brilliant. I'm just having trouble convincing others. :)

JoshuaJ, on post #130, beat me to the punch on splitting atoms. I didn't realize it untill after I finished my post.
 
Was speculating about a SAK at Plaza Cutlery, and if you know SAK history or steel you know Rosta Frei is the stuff.

Bump to the top again.
 
You stumbled upon a Rosta Frei blade and did not purchase? What are you smokin mon?:p:D
 
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