Titanium folder and titanium/carbon fibre dish

The two knives are totally different, blade is different, liners are different, thumb opener is different, pivot screw is different, rear spacer is different.
My T-1000 is completely my design.
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You are welcome to think what you like but I don’t agree with you.
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Hello,
I have always made my knives in my own way, I have always tried to be a little different and use other types of steels like T-1 high speed steel , cpm-s-125v , CPM-REX 121 and CPM-15v and others, I have my own style, some people see it and some don’t, it is totally ok for me if someone disagrees. After all I am here because I like to show pics of my work and make friends, the politic side of things I am not at all interested in.
How is the weather in France ?
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I will pm you.
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I thought some of you may like to see a pic of my tanto's with carbon handles and titanium pins. Thanks to everyone for posting your thoughts on my work.

 

I don’t care what you think.

 

Thank you L.J.Tibbs

 

Hello orchunter,
The blade is T-1 high speed steel, liners , thumb opener, spacer and clip are all titanium.
Thanks

 

Thank you for your comments sir, I appreciate it.
chisel-ground sheepsfoot from a planer blade is a great idea, all top grade planer blades are either T-1 or Carbide edge blades.
Here is some info that I have put together on T-1, as I have used it for a long time I have come to learn how to work with it in both annealed and heat-treated condition, it is not an easy steel to heat-treat as the temperatures are very high, depending on the hardness you require it can be as high as 2350F.
You can not compare the CPM-M4 to T1, the T1 was the benchmark of high speed steels for 40 years, it has 18% Tungsten and in the heat-treating that turns in to Tungsten Carbides, 18% is quit a lot, although CPM-M4 is a great steel and it is tougher than the T-1, but in a wear resistance test it won’t come close to the T-1 HSS.


Info on T-1 Carbide High Speed Steel.
T-1 is classified as High Speed Steel and it was patented by Crucible Steel Co around 1910. T-1 Carbide steel was designed primarily to out cut M-2. Soon after it became so popular, in engineering and Tool manufacturing it was discovered that with it’s 18% (w) Tungsten and special heat treating developed by Taylor and White it actually not only have a tremendous red hardness capability but it actually out cut the M-2 steel by 30-35%.
The matrix of the alloy was 0.7% ( C ) carbon, 18% ( W ) Tungsten, 1.3% ( V ) Vanadium, 4% ( CR ) Chromium and 0.3% (NI) Niobium. The specification of the T-1 steel was standardised for 40 years.
During the World War II the serious shortage of raw material meant that in order to keep producing steel the manufacturers had to significantly lower the alloy contents of special steels. This decision was primarily to lower the percentage of Tungsten and Vanadium and later on Niobium in steels like the T-1. It must be said that the basic alloy design of T-1 has allowed other steels to be produced just by adding other alloys to it , Such as ( CO ) Cobalt, higher ( V ) Vanadium and higher percentage of Carbon.
The latest T-1 steel that is now being produced in Germany on state of the art equipment is an extremely high quality product. In comparison to other steels the T-1 is actually 10% heavier due to it’s extremely high contents of Tungsten (W).The heat treating of the T-1 steel is no cheap or easy task in comparison to other lower spec Tungsten steels. Hardening takes place at around 2350F.

In short, the T-1 Carbide steel was designed to cut other steels and it did that for over 40 years before it became too expensive to produce in large quantities and was replaced largely by cheaper High Speed Steels. Taking in to consideration after heat treating, the 18% Tungsten Carbide in the matrix of the T-1 steel , well that’s impressive.

Thanks for reading.
Farid