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I have heard of a few different cutting effects:
1) Forgers can "pack" and edge and there is a tighter grain at the edge (as well as a more favorable chemical mixture?) and there is supposed to be a sharper edge producable.
2) With Talonite, the matrix wears away faster than the carbides (much faster than steel matrices) and so you get a toothy edge for a long time
3) I just read about the dendritic effect, whereby the cast metal forms a network of tough carbides and again, well, I kinda forget, but I think that the matrix wears away leaving large grains that tend not to pop out, leaving a toothy edge that lasts long, according to David Boye anyways.
How many other "cutting effects" are there? Cliff Stamp: can you fill in some info here? Knife makers, any dispute here? Especially I notice that David Boye and his dendritic theory go against "common knowledge", where many say a tighter, smaller grain is better but david boye says the opposite produces a better edge, at leasw ith cast metal.
More, More, More please!
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"Come What May..."
1) Forgers can "pack" and edge and there is a tighter grain at the edge (as well as a more favorable chemical mixture?) and there is supposed to be a sharper edge producable.
2) With Talonite, the matrix wears away faster than the carbides (much faster than steel matrices) and so you get a toothy edge for a long time
3) I just read about the dendritic effect, whereby the cast metal forms a network of tough carbides and again, well, I kinda forget, but I think that the matrix wears away leaving large grains that tend not to pop out, leaving a toothy edge that lasts long, according to David Boye anyways.
How many other "cutting effects" are there? Cliff Stamp: can you fill in some info here? Knife makers, any dispute here? Especially I notice that David Boye and his dendritic theory go against "common knowledge", where many say a tighter, smaller grain is better but david boye says the opposite produces a better edge, at leasw ith cast metal.
More, More, More please!
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"Come What May..."