Super Blue Endura Question.

Screwdriver

Screwdriver

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Got my Super Blue Endura and love the knife.....Why was a laminate used on the Endura SB's instead of a solid piece? Was it cost?
 
I'm guessing that the main reason would be for corrosion protection since Super Blue rusts very easily.
 
Love my un-laminated Caly 3 and Tuf-Glide. No corrosion. Maybe a really light patina.
 
That is because the manufacturer in Seki who does the Endura/delica, stretch and some makes one piece ZPD blades, but a Laminate with carbon steels and at Moki(?) where the Caly lines are made it is the other way around. ZPD laminates, but solid carbon steel blades...or so I read in some older post
 
Screwdriver said:
Got my Super Blue Endura and love the knife.....Why was a laminate used on the Endura SB's instead of a solid piece? Was it cost?
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Perhaps I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the cost of the base materials of Aogami Super Blue laminate vs. Aogami Super Blue isn't significant to the cost of the knife. It is more likely differences in preference of the manufacturer--as has been mentioned one of Spyderco's Japanese manufacturers prefers a full SB blade and the other prefers a laminated blade.
 
Agree with everyone above regarding manufacturer preference...

iirc, I believe it has to do with the different blank-cutting methods used between the two...
 
mattmanyam said:
Agree with everyone above regarding manufacturer preference...

iirc, I believe it has to do with the different blank-cutting methods used between the two...
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I think this is what I heard also. Something about ZDP being difficult to blank cut because of the hardness, and laminating makes it easier.
 
I kinda wish my Endura was a big chunk of Super Blue, but I do like the laminate. Already getting a patina, so the edge is starting to stand out. I was thinking of hitting the edge with gun bluing to force a darker patina.
 
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