SRK steel?

I filed back the angle on my SRK (and ended up with an elegant convex edge) which cuts beautifully. Have used it on moose and while not the best blade for butchering it is a good all-around 'survival' tool. It's Carbon V so unless the heat treat was off it should hold an edge as well as the Master Hunter.
 
+1 on the vote for Busse, Swamp Rat, or Scrap Yard. If I was going where you are, there is no other knife I'd rather take. If you call the company and tell them your situation I believe they will work something out for you.

Thanks and good luck!
 
Fallkniven has thier nifty diamond/ceramic and Spyderco has a couple ceramic/ceramic.

May also consider some of the DMT dual grit sharpeners.
 
I've been thinking about getting a SRK but I can't determine if it's full tang or not. The fact that some people are describing it as a "pry-bar with a sharpened edge", I reckon it must be.
 
Thought you might be interested in the actual steel used in the SRK. This is from a post many months ago by Mike Stewart:

CV---Chrome-Vanadium--0170-6----Case's Name
Carbon V-----Chrome-Vanadium--------0170-6----Cold Steel's Name
0170-6-----------Becker Knife & Tool--------Camillius's Name
Chrome--Vanadium---0170-6------Western's Name

They All Use 0170-6
Who are They ?

Case and Camillius are the only two Companies that have this steel. Case makes Case Knives-----Camillius makes Western--Cold Steel Americans and all the Becker Knife & Tool Knives.

What is 0170-6 ?
1095--with--a trace of Chrome added for hardening---Nickel added for Stiffining--Vanadium added for blending it all together.

It's a great Carbon Steel and it's performance is 100% related to it's Heat Treat--Temper and Geometry.
At 54 to 55 rc----performance is like the old time knives
At 56 to 57 rc---Performance is better than all the 420s and 440A
At 58 to 59rc--- it will out perform all but the best alloy tool steels.

Hope this provides a bit more info about the steel on the SRK...
(I have two SRK's and use them as my 'beater/user' knives. They take and hold an edge very well. And, you can strop them easily or even use a kitchen steel for a quick edge touch up.)

Regards,
Mike
 
TheFlash said:
Case and Camillius are the only two Companies that have this steel.
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50100B and W7 are very similar alloys, this is a very low alloy steel. Ref :

http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sstamp/knives/blade_materials.html#C_50100B

What is 0170-6 ?
1095--with--a trace of Chrome added for hardening---Nickel added for Stiffining--Vanadium added for blending it all together.
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The vanadium is added to refine the grain and add to the wear resistance. Vandium carbide won't dissolve at the temperatures used to heat treat this steel and thus it pins the austensite grain and prevents coarsening.

At 54 to 55 rc----performance is like the old time knives
At 56 to 57 rc---Performance is better than all the 420s and 440A
At 58 to 59rc--- it will out perform all but the best alloy tool steels.
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Performance of a knife steel is very dependent on what the knife is being used for so you have to be specific as to what you are trying to achieve. As a fine cutting tool, 440A at 60 HRC with a heat treatement described by Landes would readily outperform 0170-6C at 56/57 HRC for most work as the 440A would be stronger with a higher wear resistance and of course much more corrosion resistance. Most tool steels hardening to optimal levels would outperform it at 58/59 HRC as well as would 1095 for a cutting tool hardened to 65/66 HRC. 1070-6C can also be hardened to 65/66 HRC and at this hardness would offer a slight advantage over 1095 at similar hardness. It is outperformed as a cutting tool many to one by M2 and by all tool steels in their own optimal areas.

-Cliff
 
if you can swing $100, maybe a ranger RD6 would be better. Haven't got one yet myself, but it's a good steel (5160), and from what I've read, the maker will thin the edge out for you before shipping it off.

You can always get a SRK or a Kabar at the PX anyways.
 
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