Titanium Custom Knives?

[tonijedi]

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In my opinion, Ti blades are best for specific applications. If you need a non magnetic blade or work in a corrosive environment or require light weight. I make Ti blades for self defense, LEO and military back up weapons.
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Agree!

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I personally avoid titanium knives whenever possible, wouldn't try to cut a branch with one neddless to say about prying or other hard uses...
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A lot of folks tend to get sucked into the space age and aeropsce background of Ti but it's good for one thing doesn't mean it's good for everything...

I agree. Ti is good for some things, bad for others, definitely bad for your wallet!

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I personally avoid titanium knives whenever possible, wouldn't try to cut a branch with one neddless to say about prying or other hard uses...

I'll answer you with a couple of pics... sure steel knives also do this, axes, machetes, saws... do it better! But why titanium can't do it? See the pictures and judge for yourself...

 

[Big Mike]

Titanium is not a good choice for a knife blade.

That said, there are jobs where Titanium knives excel.


Like any knife, it's a balancing act to create the best tool for the task at hand.




As discussed here, many Titanium knives are available,

...in fact even Bark River has one on their production schedule,

...but for traditional cutting chores I'll stick with High Carbon Steel. :thumbup:




Big Mike

 

[Dirk]

dirk, i have some jet turbine blades. would that be the beta titanium?

Possible. Is it magnetic? Beta titanium is used for some types of jet turbine blades.

Zaph1 - Correct. You will not notice a huge increase in hardness when you harden Ti as you would with steel. It is noticable, but arguably not worth the effort for a knife blade. Especially when you can carbide the edge for improving edge retention. Cheaper and easier. I have not tried it myself but have read that it can make it to mid 40's on the C scale.

 

[MikeC]

I own several mission mpf 3 TI PE, their great and Tougher than anything else I've run across hands down. In terms of shear toughness and no maintenance conceding corrosion nothing even comes close, nothing. Some here posted something a out impact resistance never had a problem, did put a small roll in the edge once while cutting some plastic coated steel wire put that was because I was push cutting it when the blade was dull. Is it the best blademmaterial no but it is also not a bad choice as BIG MIKE suggested. For me it is the best blade material because it's tough and immune to corrosion.

There is a lot of information out there about titanium and titan
Alloys, like haze said u have 3 types of titanium, alpha, beta, and alpha beta. The 2 hardest verisons I've ran across r Beta Ti like what Mission uses and a 6al4v grade 5 STA which from what I've read is some serious stuff as well. N

 

[Mitchell Knives]

I've seen several here on Bladeforums, and i don't know what to think about them

are they superior to good quality steel in any real way? Is it possible to sharpen them yourself?

i guess the real question is, why would i want one?

I would not say that titanium blades are superior to their steel counterparts, just different.

Titanium is great if you want a corrosion free knife that is extremely lightweight. I really like them for neck knives or dedicated defensive blades. I would never choose titanium for a heavy use blade.

With a carbide edge, edge retention is actually decent. It's not as good as steel, but it's not bad.

I can get an insanely sharp edge on my titanium knives. Titanium won't hold a razor edge for a long time, but will hold a toothy utility edge for quite a while. They can easily be resharpened with a Sharpmaker or a basic stone.

I just finished this titanium blade a few days ago.

 

[squishware]

I have one of Mr. Mitchell's titanium blades, The Drone. It's chisel ground with carbide on the flat side. It's ridiculously sharp.

 

[Charlie Mike]

Beautiful knife Mitchell!

 

[Mitchell Knives]

Thanks guys! :thumbup:

 

[Edwood7]

Thanks guys! :thumbup:

I’m just blown away by that knife, beautiful work man.:thumbup:

 

[stormbird]

No. No carbon in the mix to create carbides with, therefore HT is pointless.

Thanks zaph1, I appreciate the quick response.