Tempered Warrior Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 So Korean sientists have made a new steel that's "as cheap as dirt" but at least as strong as titanium. What r your thoughts on it for blade making. I think that it would be pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 why is it good? what is in the alloy that make it better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Are you referring to the aluminum steel alloy? I doubt that would be blade worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Medium Ti isn't much good for a blade, it's hardly a recommendation.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 north or south Korea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 north or south Korea?that does make a huge difference. I did a search for 'Korean steel alloy news' and found a magazine article from February talkin about an aluminum steel alloy. It mentions it develops really hard crystals in the structure but from the picture it shows and the little it says, I personally think you would waste your money buying that and trying to make a blade out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I have a Ti eating knife I forged out of CP1/2 for camp use. It has a bright spot on the spine where I took my general use camp knife with the edge made from an old nicholson file and cut a sliver off it. Perhaps you should research what qualities make for a good knife blade vs what qualities make for good other things. For me the eating knife can be thrown in the dishwasher set on "mega-overkill++" after finding it left dirty in the back of the truck after a campout so Ti was a good choice for that one. The using knife was a san mai experiment where I wanted to be sure the edge would be good while the patterned sides were of questionable alloy content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Koreans are prone to exaggeration in their industrial bragging. So are americans come to think of it...Even if you made a knife from it, would imagine the heat treatment would probably be kind of exotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I guess he's not reading our replies or surely he would've responded by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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