What type of steel/heat treat do Randal blades...

The General · May 30, 2001

have?

Thanks!

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Roy · May 30, 2001

General,

Not sure of the heat treat(rockwell), but I read that Randall uses forged O-1.

Roy

The General · May 30, 2001

cool! Thanks!

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Crayola · May 30, 2001

O1 from Sweden is their carbon steel. Their stainless is 440-B. They forge that too. Randall has experimented in the past, having made at least one knife from ATS-34. If they sold that one, whoever has a forged ATS-34 Randall has a wicked knife! I be they kept that one though...

I don't know anything about how they heat treat.

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The General · May 30, 2001

Does forgeing a knife make a big difference?

I thought all blades were forged in effect anyway?

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tom mayo · May 30, 2001

The type of steels is public knowledge, the rest is a big secret!!!

The General · May 30, 2001

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lsstaipei · May 30, 2001

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The General:
Does forgeing a knife make a big difference?

I thought all blades were forged in effect anyway?

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Here is a link to the thread in the BDF Arvhive 3 about forged knives vs. stock removal:
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum64/HTML/000500.html

The General · May 31, 2001

Thank you!

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bruce · Jun 1, 2001

Those of who are members of the Randall Knife Society get the "Shop Notes" indicating that Randall has made a significant number of #14's with 440C and most of their #10's are ATS34.