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You can try and recover some of that roll by steeling very aggressively on that area with firm pressure. A standard kitchen knife steel or just a hard smooth surface is fine. If that doesn't work then you can use a small screwdriver and mallet to try and tap that edge back out followed by aggressive steeling to align everything back up.

http://www.handamerican.com/

whenever they come back up, Hand American has a really nice set of steels and ceramic rods. they are great people too.

I think its called burnishing when you apply a lot of pressure to the steel when steeling? from what I've randomly been able to pick up on the HI forums, steeling is generally meant for light realignment of rolled edges, but anything major that requires heavy handed pressure is considered burnishing ???

 

[Cobalt]

My CRK Green Beret hasen't chipped yet.

then you haven't used it

S30V chips like a mutha on any but the easiest uses. There is no Stainless Steel I hate more than S30V save for 420J2. It isn't meant for a hard use knife. Chris reeves just drops the Rc on it so you can have a little more toughness and less edge holding. He basically turns it into 440A or AUS6A. I would rather have ats34, bg42, vg10, gin-1, aus8-10, 440C, D2, etc.

But since you are a trol, or actually some competitor in disguise, using an account to snipe, I vote for your anonymous account to be banned :thumbup:

 

[Guyon]

Whoa...INFI steel appears to be prone to chipping and quite brittle. Too bad they don't use S30V. My CRK Green Beret hasen't chipped yet.

Of all the steels around which discussions of chipping have taken place here at Bladeforums, S30V takes the cake. :thumbup:

Don't mind me though. I just have 11,450 posts and 7.5 years on you as far as participation in these forums.

The only S30V knives I own are a Buck 110 (excellent slicer) and a Becker Extreme (bought mainly to complete a set, the S30V seems impractical in that knife).

If I ever buy another Sebenza (had one, sold it), I'm looking long and hard for one of the older BG-42 models first.

Oh, and as others have point out, that's a dent in the FBM, not a chip.

 

[Ban]

http://www.handamerican.com/

whenever they come back up, Hand American has a really nice set of steels and ceramic rods. they are great people too.

I think its called burnishing when you apply a lot of pressure to the steel when steeling? from what I've randomly been able to pick up on the HI forums, steeling is generally meant for light realignment of rolled edges, but anything major that requires heavy handed pressure is considered burnishing ???

I am not sure about the actual term Burnishing. You might be correct about that... In anycase, it is still a form of steeling and that was the best way that I could describe it. Alot of people including myself probably don't even know what burnishing really means.

 

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I am not sure about the actual term Burnishing. You might be correct about that... In anycase, it is still a form of steeling and that was the best way that I could describe it. Alot of people including myself probably don't even know what burnishing really means.

I hadn't heard the term used for heavy steeling until coming onto the Himalayan imports forum. The chakma's that come with the khukuries are fairly small, and I've found them to be less then usefull as far as getting out good sized dents and mashes, and was told/have seen several people told that they are designed for light steeling, as apposed to "burnishing". technically m-w has burnishing as "2: to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge"...

now that I think about it, burnishing may be specific to non metal materials, where as steeling is specific to metal objects? anyways.. dumb semantics (sorry).

hand american makes steel's in 5" lengths all the way up to 16" plus if I recall correctly. the 5" ones are good for backpacking with, and the really long ones are excellent for applying a lot of pressure to the edge, keeping your hands nice and far away from the knife as you do it. they have glass smooth, ribbed, and half/half combo steels, all of wich are 65rc or higher.

for the dent/roll thats shown on this battle mistress, your almost gaurenteed to need to hammer it a little in order to get it as close to its original position as possible...

 

[Rich357]

I only have a hand full of Busee knives. Something I'm trying to correct.

I've got a pile of Striders, most are S30V. I also have a several Sebenzas. Some are S30V but most are stainless Damascus. A couple of the Damascus Sebenzas I've used quitie a bit. Maybe I just don't use my knives hard enough but none of them have chips in the blade.

Rich

 

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I only have a hand full of Busee knives. Something I'm trying to correct.

I've got a pile of Striders, most are S30V. I also have a several Sebenzas. Some are S30V but most are stainless Damascus. A couple of the Damascus Sebenzas I've used quitie a bit. Maybe I just don't use my knives hard enough but none of them have chips in the blade.

Rich

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4838658&postcount=2

I think that describes it pretty well. s30v is not the devil incarnate, its just meant to be used in a limited scope of work. I'm sure that swamp rats treatment of s30v minimized its proneness to chipping while maintaining as much hardness as possible. however, they only ever used it in their folder. limited scope of work, and s30v is a fine steel for edge holding.

 

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I only have a hand full of Busee knives. Something I'm trying to correct.

I've got a pile of Striders, most are S30V. I also have a several Sebenzas. Some are S30V but most are stainless Damascus. A couple of the Damascus Sebenzas I've used quitie a bit. Maybe I just don't use my knives hard enough but none of them have chips in the blade.

Rich

S30V is a ok steel and I actually own quite a few knives with that steel. It holds a above average edge because of the vanadium carbides. However, its toughness is nowhere near that of INFI. S30v has more of a tendency to chip insteading of rolling or denting. I think that alot of variance in the performance of s30v has alot to do with how well it is heat treated. Another factor is edge geometry. The thinner edges have a higher tendency to chip when compared to the thicker edge geometry stuff. Some hate s30v while others love it. I am ok with it as long as it is used within its limits. Having said all of that..... INFI Rules :thumbup::thumbup: