The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
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Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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The thermal treatment that cold-steel performs on all blades is exceptional The AUS-8A has a remarkable cutting capacity (penetration) is very easy to sharpen the quality ratio is 10
Yes and this isn't just aimed at your post and I totally agree Cold Steel’s AUS8 is really great.
but
There is a difference I am willing to pay for though.
Of these work knives the upper four are CTS-XHP. The three in the lower part of the photo are AUS8
I often reshape my knives to adapt them to my uses. When I do this, using power grinders but especially when I use the super coarse diamond file and the Shapton Pro 120 stone shown here. There is a huge and very noticeable difference in how much work it takes to effect a change in the dimensions of the two steel alloys. Not to mention edge retention and resistance to dinging the edge . . . see the Razelized Ti Lite Six . . . think using it to do light carving and deburing of mild steel parts.
Don’t say it is ALL hype; I know different.
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1. 5" Black Talon
3. 7.5" Hold Out
4. 12" Drop Forged Survivalist (I know that's skipping 10" but after you go past 8" there isn't much point in holding back).
A good affordable-ish 4 inch blade with lots of belly and a good tip. Possibly in 3v.
Some uncoated Recon 1 and American Lawman models, a DLC coated 3V Recon 1 folder, other folders in 3V, an upgraded Tuff Lite (better steel, maybe G10), and fixed blade sheaths that don't dull the blades.
and fixed blade sheaths that don't dull the blades.
I wonder how many of us it would take to kidnap Lynn Thompson . . .
just long enough to make him write one hundred times:
"Secure-ex blade sheaths . . . dull the blades and that sucks."
Then turn him loose.
I would like to see the old style 4" Gunsite Voyager make a comeback. I have the 5" version and like it. I carry it when I want to be obnoxious. I always liked the 4" better though.