Titanium Knife Blade

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Palmer

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I am wondering titanium is a good material for a knife and does anyone know where I can find a good titanium blade.
 
Mission knives is the only maker of titanium knives I know off the top of my head, and it won't be the sharpest knife you've ever seen, but it works.
 
There are lots of different grades of Titanium, just like steels. There is no problem sharpening it, I have seen it where it would catch hair above the skin. The only downsides are it is lighter than steels (which can actually be a positive as well) and is softer so the edge will dent/roll easier.

-Cliff
 
Pat and Wes Crawford make some knives out of titanium.

Generally titanium can be sharp but it won't really hold an edge like steel. Unless you have a need for a non magnetic knife or a super light knife there are better choices.

Although titanium can be really cool just by being what it is, and cause it can be anodized in many different ways.
 
Titanium is apparently finding uses for divers and people that live or work near the ocean because it holds up so well to that environment and the salt water. It seems like I read somewhere that bomb/mine deactivation teams use them also for underwater and on land because of its non magnetic attraction.

My experience with ti is that it can be brought up to a reasonable edge and hardness but it cannot be hardened to the levels that steel can. Well, it can be but it loses stability and becomes brittle past a certain point. I want to say 54 on the Rockwell scale is the max that it can reach before it becomes too brittle and useless to be effective but without verifying that don't hold me to it. I am going by memory.
 
Thanks for the info on titanium knifes but i still cannot find any titanium knife blanks. All i can find is complete knifes but i want to finish the knife myself.
 
Warren Thomas does some interesting blades in Ti. Some limited runs by Emerson as well. The Mission knives are great with there heat treated beta titanium.


Thanks,
 
Texas knife makers supply has sold me some thicker titanium in the past. It is 6AL-4V titanium though which is great for locks and liners. I'm not too sure about blade material though.

I do know that anodizing ti will make it just a bit harder to drill so I think it probably can help to strengthen it just a tad if you were to do that after making it.
 
The major use of Ti-bladed knives are in applications involving constant exposure to salt water and in applications involving explosives since Ti is both non-magnetic and non-sparking.
 
Hello Palmer,
Welcome to BladeForums, Beta titanium might answer your general question. Mission knives would be my first choice.
But generally, titanium is a poor medium for a EDC performance blade.

Jeff
 
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