Thread: Show me your knives

Originally Posted by Shelley

Ah, but Bob dozier could make D2 dance...it really does come down to heat treatment a lot there sure are a lot of interesting steels out there these days, one day I would like to get a forge and a cryogenic tank to be able to deal with super steel, in the meantime I still have to find a steel that will match O1 in cost, ability to take an edge and ease of heat treatment, if yiu put enough effort into your heat treatment you can go a long way with a simple steel, maybe not for a dive knife though...

Mention of D2 made me think of a CAT D4D I once owned, anyway how would Dozer / Grader grouser strip work as a knife or hatchet steel - that stuff doesnt chip even pushing rocks and old grader blade edge can be had for nothing

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Mention of D2 made me think of a CAT D4D I once owned, anyway how would Dozer / Grader grouser strip work as a knife or hatchet steel - that stuff doesnt chip even pushing rocks and old grader blade edge can be had for nothing

Ive got a KOA in D2, holds a mean edge but was definately chippy running through joints etc, must be at a reasonable hardness. They have a very low angle compound bevel on the Canadian belts knives so I threw a micro bevel on which seemed to help.