Wreckage Wednesday!

Bamboo

Bamboo

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We came back from lunch a couple weeks back and Chris said "let's destroy a knife!"

The test subject was a 5/32" tapered tang, 01 Hunter -

[video=youtube;KqRmUEpylus]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqRmUEpylus[/video]
 
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Can anyone see this video
We are having technical difficultie



...there we go...
 
I can see it.

poor hunter... It gave it's life for a good cause though.
 
It worked for me.

Now put on a hockey mask and drive one through a concrete block and check the edge. That's how true knife reviewers test knives. :rolleyes: :mad:
 
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Well...I only play a metallurgist on the radio but I'd reckon from a nearly 90-degree bend on a short tang that your heat treating protocols are working pretty good. :thumbup:
 
ijustdontknow said:
You need to baton it through a cold steel.
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Gotta love the cold steel guy!

cold-steel-o.gif
 
What kind of angle did you get? It's hard to tell from the pipe hiding the handle and tang. Speaking of the pipe and handle, I would be afraid the pipe would mar my handle!
 
It got to pretty much 90 degrees before it snapped. Given its a deep hardening steel I would say that's pretty darn good. At the end of the video you can see how fine the grain structure is.
 
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