Something Greg Medford Said...

Somehow I doubt that future archaeologists will be lumping frame/liner lock folders in with 8-track tapes and small screen cell"phone"s....but you never know....
 
Art_Vandeley said:
his products are pretty solid
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I'll agree that they aren't liquid or gaseous, but I never once have had the need for a folding cold chisel. :D

I'll be blunt--his knives strike me in every way as being designed to sell rather than being designed to perform.
 
Art_Vandeley said:
He said it in several of his videos. Can't remember which ones. He saw a market for the types of knives he manufactures and took advantage. nothing wrong with that he could've made easy enough rails or optics for firearms just as an example. He said it himself he lacks the passion for knives like Chris Reeve or Rick Hinderer has. That doesn't take away that his products are pretty solid and sought after.
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Alright then, guess I missed it haha.

Cheers,
Kirby
 
Wow I didnt realize I'd be unleashing all this Greg Medford hate haha. I am not too familiar with the man myself, that video is one of the only ones of him I watched but watched a few more since i started this thread and see why some ppl might not like the guy. Mainly I was just interested in what he said about the work hardening of Ti. So from what I read here poeple are saying that the simple actions of the lock engaging the tang is not enough to provide any sort of work hardening on the Ti lockbar does that sound right?
thanks for the input guys!
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
I'll agree that they aren't liquid or gaseous, but I never once have had the need for a folding cold chisel. :D

I'll be blunt--his knives strike me in every way as being designed to sell rather than being designed to perform.
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+1

Funny that I remember him doing a video about edge geometries, and described thin performance knives as letter openers. Whatever, I will take my GEC's, Spyderco's and Opinels any day of the week.
 
joeyza said:
Wow I didnt realize I'd be unleashing all this Greg Medford hate haha. I am not too familiar with the man myself, that video is one of the only ones of him I watched but watched a few more since i started this thread and see why some ppl might not like the guy. Mainly I was just interested in what he said about the work hardening of Ti. So from what I read here poeple are saying that the simple actions of the lock engaging the tang is not enough to provide any sort of work hardening on the Ti lockbar does that sound right?
thanks for the input guys!
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No hate from me. I don't know the man, never met him, and don't own a single one of his knives. The designs do not interest me at all. Based on what many I have seen, they look to be very unrefined. They look very asymmetrical, obtuse, and unfinished. Maybe you can shoot them out of a cannon and blow them up, and send them into a lava pit and they will continue to work, but again that is something fantastical, not utilitarian. Just my opinion is all. As far as work hardening goes, I would guess that Titanium needs a bit more than flicking a knife open a couple hundred times. Work hardening typically refers to the hardening of a material as it is being machined, not by flipping knives open.

FortyTwoBlades said:
I'll agree that they aren't liquid or gaseous, but I never once have had the need for a folding cold chisel. :D

I'll be blunt--his knives strike me in every way as being designed to sell rather than being designed to perform.
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Good post alright!
 
RevDevil said:
I would guess that Titanium needs a bit more than flicking a knife open a couple hundred times. Work hardening typically refers to the hardening of a material as it is being machined, not by flipping knives open.
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I'm no metallurgist, but in my experience most metals do not require machining to be work hardened. Generally speaking, all it takes is a repetitive movement of bending, impact, etc... which causes imperfections in the metal's crystal structure. The more deformations you make by bending, impacting, etc., the harder the material gets... Think bending a copper wire over and over again until it snaps... It snaps because there are so many deformations in the crystal structure, that they can no longer slide past each other, which causes a shear in the copper wire, and it breaks... I don't know if it happens in EVERY metal, including Titanium, but the idea of a lock face hardening is definitely feasible.
 
The only titanium frame locks that I own came with the lock face carbidised (or how ever the hell you spell it).
 
Title almost didn't catch my attention.....but glad I clicked. Interesting topic for sure. So we got opposing disagreement on the subject. Curious to see how this plays out.
 
Then again, most metals don't have a hexagonal close pack crystal structure like Titanium does, which may be a reason it would not work harden... I'd love to hear from someone with more knowledge on the topic!
 
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