Thread: Show me your knives

Viper, I’m also a fan of carbon steel whether it be a Green River skinner or a Svord drop point. How do you rate the steel in a Svord blade compared to those you use?

[QUOTE=Dicko;1219499]Viper, I’m also a fan of carbon steel whether it be a Green River skinner or a Svord drop point. How do you rate the steel in a Svord blade compared to those you use?[/QUOTE

No idea sorry, I have never used a Svord knife and don't know anything about the steel they use.
I am no expert on steels, I know what I like to use and what works for the applications of the knives I make.
If you want to talk to a guy with a vast knowledge of steels and decades of knife making experience then talk to John Worthington on the forum.
He mentors me ( poor bugger ) in knife making.

Originally Posted by Dicko

Viper, I’m also a fan of carbon steel whether it be a Green River skinner or a Svord drop point. How do you rate the steel in a Svord blade compared to those you use?

Svord is L6 carbon steel. It is a basic low alloy tool steel. It doesn't really have any specific carbide forming alloys added so will have the same edge holding as the equivelent simple carbon steel (Although will be a bit tougher due to the added nickel, a function not super important in a hunting knife, simple carbon steels are allready very tough due to fine carbides).

L6 is around 0.7% carbon, and the steel Viper uses is 1084 which is 0.8-0.84% carbon, so his steel will have a bit better edge retention at a given hardness.

The Svord knives are very soft, usually around RC 56, Viper, assuming a standard custom Hest treat protocol for. 1084 is probably somthing in the realm of 59-60rc, quite a lot harder.

In short vipers and most custom knife makers simple carbon steels will eclipse a knife like a Svord.

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Svord is L6 carbon steel. It is a basic low alloy tool steel. It doesn't really have any specific carbide forming alloys added so will have the same edge holding as the equivelent simple carbon steel (Although will be a bit tougher due to the added nickel, a function not super important in a hunting knife, simple carbon steels are allready very tough due to fine carbides).

L6 is around 0.7% carbon, and the steel Viper uses is 1084 which is 0.8-0.84% carbon, so his steel will have a bit better edge retention at a given hardness.

The Svord knives are very soft, usually around RC 56, Viper, assuming a standard custom Hest treat protocol for. 1084 is probably somthing in the realm of 59-60rc, quite a lot harder.

In short vipers and most custom knife makers simple carbon steels will eclipse a knife like a Svord.

Nah, he does not use much L6 anymore, except in his big brutes like his Bowie’s and goloks, L6 is actually pretty good for a chopper and he personality heat treats everything himself (as in behind closed doors where even his employees don’t see the temperature which is a little weird), most of his knifes are Swedish sandvik steel, which is good stuff, very clean.
Svords are good for the price, just a little unimaginative and his bevels and sheaths usually need some work, he told me once he would rather have another producer than a quality checker if he was getting more staff.