They sent us one to demo, I should dig it up for a giveaway one Friday Open Thread.
This video mirrors my experience with the unit perfectly. I found I could place my non-knife hand on top of the arms, to keep the unit still and free from rocking.
When we put out a call for knifemakers who wanted to participate in our 5 from the Grinder interview series, makers responded in droves. (Learn more here)
As such, we will be taking a while to get through the list. However, as a thank you to participants, and as a form of more instant gratification, we are sharing an instagram embed as a preview of coming attractions.
Today it is Zac Buchanan. Regular News Feed followers will recognize Zac from the videos of his I have shared.
All Outdoor
| Bushcraft, Hunting, & Survival, Industry News / New Products, Production Knives
To an outdoorsman a good camp knife and a hearty camp axe is a must. To me a camp axe vs. an axe is comparable to a carbine vs. a rifle: a more compact (but capable) version of its full-size brother. I carry a camp axe in all of my vehicles as they are easily stored and will fit almost anywhere. They are incredibly useful for a wide variety of chores in and around the outdoors.
As Mark likes to say, “We are KNIFE Magazine, not Axe Magazine, so we don’t do axes ” (there have been a couple of exceptions for knife/axe combos and historic kits). We have no such restriction on the website.
S110V is a powder metallurgy stainless tool steel with very high wear resistance. Like many other very high wear resistance stainless steels (S90V, M398) it was developed for plastic injection applications which necessitate a combination of high wear resistance and high corrosion resistance. The patent for the steel was first filed in 2006 by inventors Alojz Kajinic, Andrzej Wojcieszynski, and Maria Sawford, all of Crucible Steel.
Because Crucible already had steels S90V and S125V prior to S110V we have to discuss briefly the history of those steels. I covered the history of them in more detail in a previous article. S90V was patented around 1996, the major innovation over previous steels was a reduction in Cr down to 14% which led to the formation of more vanadium carbide for a given amount of vanadium. Previous steels like S60V, Elmax, and M390 all had 17-20% Cr which gave them more chromium carbide and less vanadium carbide. Chromium carbides are softer than vanadium carbides and therefore contribute less to wear resistance. A smaller amount of harder carbides (like vanadium carbide) gives a better combination of toughness and wear resistance. Learn more in this article about carbides. Also, the chromium “in solution” to contribute to corrosion resistance was actually improved in S90V relative to the earlier S60V by careful control over the carbon and vanadium content, despite the bulk chromium being lower. All of this in combination with the powder metallurgy technology gives S90V a relatively fine microstructure for good toughness along with high wear resistance from the high vanadium content.
No one tells the story of steel like Larrin Thomas.
Friends and internet strangers, it is that time of year. Time to round up the various 2020 Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on knives and gear and to share them with you.
Blade Reviews beat me to the punch, and has put together a really great list of what Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals are out there so far.
I will begin our own thread this evening, but this a is a solid place to start.
SOFREP
| EDC, Knife & Accessory Review, Production Knives
The Gerber Key Note is one of the smallest folding knives I’ve ever seen. The little Key Note gains its name because it’s roughly the size of a key fob. It easily squeezes onto a key chain and is so small and odd it hardly looks like a knife. The low price (less than $20) also makes this weird knife an easy investment. The Key Note is tiny, but size doesn’t always matter. In fact, sometimes smaller is better.
What’s the Key Note Good For?
This is the big question. You look at the photos and think, what the hell can I use that thing for? That should be the question you ask before any gear purchase, but sometimes purpose and use are more evident.
It is a fun microblade. I haven’t bought one, but would use one based on my handling of it at last year’s SHOT Show.
To an outdoorsman a good camp knife and a hearty camp axe is a must. To me a camp axe vs. an axe is comparable to a carbine vs. a rifle: a more compact (but capable) version of its full-size brother. I carry a camp axe in all of my vehicles as they are easily stored and will fit almost anywhere. They are incredibly useful for a wide variety of chores in and around the outdoors.
S110V is a powder metallurgy stainless tool steel with very high wear resistance. Like many other very high wear resistance stainless steels (
Friends and internet strangers, it is that time of year. Time to round up the various 2020 Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on knives and gear and to share them with you.
