Tungsten carbide

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Dose anyone know a online retailer that has tungsten carbide knives in stock

And for low prices ( I'm poor)
 
The second website looks good, my budget is around the mid to low 100's so that site seems to be good

Thanks for the help
 
Why tungsten carbide?

I've worked with it, and it can be pretty brittle, especially in thinner cross section.

I'm not saying I would not try one out, if given the chance.

I've dealt with thousands of pounds of the stuff in shattered shard form, but never kept any. At the time, I was surrounded by the proper equipment to shape it, but even as a pile of shards, it was valuable, so we boxed it up, and recycled it.

It's hard and dense, but not ideal for a knife, I don't believe.
 
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Makes great drill bits and trekking pole tips, but a tungsten carbide knife blade would be impossible to sharpen unless you used diamond hones.
 
My goal it to at least try out every kind of steel in my life, so right now I'm looking into tungsten carbide knives, I thought if I got an affordable one it wouldn't use up too much money going into other knives and I would get to experience a new kind of blade

I like to keep it interesting when it comes to my blades : )
 
Well, a tungsten carbide blade would be just that, tungsten, not a steel.

If you have $100 extra laying around, keep an eye on the Busse forum and grab one of their releases, by then you should have another $50-100 and can get your money worth in SR101.
Or, pick up a Becker Khukri and try out a new blade shape, designed by one of the most knowledgeable Khukri aficionados to date, Hank Reinhardt.
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Once you find out what blade shapes work best for you, you can target them in various steels so you will know how they compliment Your usage, as opposed to you just manhandling a knife and tring to make the best of it.

Let me know where in NJ you are and if I have anything you haven't tried yet, we can work something out.
 
running bird said:
My goal it to at least try out every kind of steel in my life, so right now I'm looking into tungsten carbide knives, I thought if I got an affordable one it wouldn't use up too much money going into other knives and I would get to experience a new kind of blade

I like to keep it interesting when it comes to my blades : )
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Check out Boye Knives; they feature Cobalt bladed knives.... :thumbup:

Wacky looking, and useful too! ;)

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My wife and I own and operate a carbide tooling resharp/repair facility. I work with tungsten carbide every day, and while it is great for saw blades I would not want a knife made of it. I can understand your curiosity, and of course, it's your money. If you decide to purchase one, please give us a review when you get some use on it.
 
Bigfattyt said:
Why tungsten carbide?

I've worked with it, a d it is pretty brittle, especially in thinner cross section.

It's hard and dense, but not ideal for a knife, I don't believe.
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My experience is the same... but there are still some people who think tungsten carbide is the best material for knife edge :eek::barf:
 
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