Talonite????

[Bo]

I have been doing some reading at http://www.knifeart.com on Boye Dendritic Cobalt. It sure does sound a lot like Talonite but with a different blade forming process.
How does it compare?

 

[bald1]

Bo,

This has been covereed before but suffice it to say that dendritic materials are much different from hard facing materials. Accordingly, among cobalt alloys, Talonite is far superior to Boye Dendritic Cobalt.

By the way I have a dendritic D2 blade which is quite interesting in its own right.



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[storyville]

Happy holidays Bo,

I asked a similar question a couple of months back in Shop Talk; see the thread, "Boye Dendritic Cobalt v. Talonite?" at:

www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000887.html

Also, I spoke with David Larstein at Boye Knives Gallery soon thereafter, and he confirmed that BDC is indeed cast Stellite. The casting process is essentially a way of uniformly molding the material for consistency in production, but it does not affect or improve the Stellite in the way that "age hardening" and "heat rolling" does (i.e., the process by which Stellite is transformed into Talonite).

That said, Stellite is "lesser" only in relation to the more expensively-produced Talonite, and is certainly an outstanding, proven material in its own right. The Boye folders and small utility fixed blades are certainly among the most reasonably-priced knives offering these "superalloys," IMO.

Glen

 

[bald1]

Glen,

Only one criticism of your above post. The folks who own the trademark on Stellite and the folks who make Talonite would both take strong exception to the description that says Stellite is converted into Talonite. Both are completely independent outfits. The only commonality is their similar chemistry and from there Talonite distances itself with the extra processing.



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-=[Bob Allman]=-

I did NOT escape from the institution! They gave me a day pass!

BFC member since the very beginning
Member: American Knife & Tool Institute; Varmint Hunters Association;
National Rifle Association; Praire Thunder Inc.; Rapid City Rifle Club;
Spearfish Rifle & Pistol Club; Buck Collectors Club (prime interest: 532s)
Certified Talonite(r) enthusiast!

 

[Rob Simonich]

You beat me to it Bob, and Talonite as well is not more expensive, but less expensive per pound. Both have their good and bad points, I am going to have to get me a bar of the dendritic to try someday.

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[storyville]

My apologies on both counts, Bald1 and Rob, and thanks for the corrections!

(My life will be ongoing proof that you are never too old to be stupid...)

Happy new years, all --

Glen