Sal, why no D2 folders?

Hi Roger. I don't know that I'd call it a "great" steel. It's tough enough and has good carbon content. It does have a problem in that corrossion resistance is not as good as the "stainless" super steels.

I would consider it for a FB knife, but as a folder that gets wet and put away?

I don't know that I'd select it over VG-10 if I had to select a steel for a new model or model change. It's relatively inexpensive compared to the "stainless super steels"

Why do you think Spyderco should consider this steel, and for what kind of model?

sal
 
I have Dozier D2 folder that has been my EDC for about eight months now. It out cuts any knife I have owned. My Spyderco's are ATS-55's and AUS-8. I have owned CPM-440V and found them hard to get really sharp. The D2 Dozier takes a really keen edge with just a few strokes on the Sharpmaker. I have not yet tried an AUS-10 blade. I know part of the reason the Dozier performs so well is his grind. Even so I think in part it is the D2.

I live in New Orleans and so far corrosion has not been a problem. Yes, the blade has gotten spotted. I use Flitz on it every couple of weeks or so. My feeling is that if it gets a patina, so what. Corrosion resistance is not that much of an issue for me.
 
Ah, fix blade. Magic words. Easier to keep clean. Plus many more Spyder fans would appreciate one. How about a classic hunter/ utility type? Maximum 8" OAL, drop point, deep high hollow grind, micarta (if still in use for fix blades) or G10 scales. Let the suggestions roll in...

Nakano
 
I too would love to see a traditional hunter/utility fixed blade in D2 produced by Spyderco.A blade length of 4-5 inches with a Micarta handle would be perfect.
 
It'd be interesting to hear how the D-2 and D-2M has been holding up in kabar and REKAT folders, respectively. D-2 does have its allure, with a combination that's difficult for stainlesses to match: great strength and edge holding, with excellent toughness. It's an interesting choice for a folder -- the combination of strength and toughness means you can really thin out the edge without as much worry of chipping and rolling. Some people find that D-2 isn't that much more rust-prone than ATS-34, others find that it's significantly more rust-prone.

The other concern about D-2 is that many people seem to be making up their minds about it based on Dozier's D-2 blades, but he seems to be the acknowledged master of D-2, and I don't know how easy it is for a production company to match his results.
 
Wayne Goddard once wrote in Blade mag that Dozier and one other person had experimented and tweaked the heat treatment on D2 to the point where they mastered it. It apparently is a very difficult process.

One of the jokes about D2, possibly also from Goddard, is that D2 takes a terrible edge, and holds it forever.
 
D-2 is too high in carbon (1.6%)
Forge some and stockremoval some and heat-treath them the same...
they will behave quit different. I think Bob Dozier has mastered the D-2 HT good enough how to know how to burn out a little bit of carbon without ruining the steel. If you forge it, the repetitive heats will inevitably burn outsome carbon..but who cares? plenty carbon in this steel. To my great suprise, it was said to perform better, when forged.

But anouther.. a company like spyderco could also order a special run of D-2M, like REKAT. I suggest a kind of D-2 with vanadium (the more, the better) and 1.3 % carbon. That should outcut VG-10 and ATS-34 by a wide margin, while not really being less stainless.

just my toughts..

greetz, bart.
 
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