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...
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 06:05 PM
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...
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 03:02 PM
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...
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 09:31 AM
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...
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 07:08 AM
The failsafe best way to sharpen a Mercator is to bin it and buy a knife with an actual decent steel made in the last century or so :thumbsup:
Liked On: 11-09-2021, 10:41 PM
Yup if he's not talking shit, good dry timber is a great place to start.
Liked On: 10-09-2021, 04:34 PM
Matai then Rimu then Totara in order of suitability if not stabilised Black maire is a really good native option, very dense timber.
Liked On: 10-09-2021, 09:24 AM
Matai then Rimu then Totara in order of suitability if not stabilised Black maire is a really good native option, very dense timber.
Liked On: 10-09-2021, 09:04 AM
Nakiri in W2. Now time for some hunters..... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210830/65202fa47e05c00ab6b6a4ecee0fe39c.jpg Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk
Liked On: 10-09-2021, 01:11 AM
I think part of the problem with simple carbon steels is they are all run way to soft in factory knives, so people use them and think, man this has shit edge retention. Lots of the factory knives are...
Liked On: 09-09-2021, 11:42 AM
I think part of the problem with simple carbon steels is they are all run way to soft in factory knives, so people use them and think, man this has shit edge retention. Lots of the factory knives are...
Liked On: 09-09-2021, 11:40 AM
I think part of the problem with simple carbon steels is they are all run way to soft in factory knives, so people use them and think, man this has shit edge retention. Lots of the factory knives are...
Liked On: 09-09-2021, 11:39 AM
I think part of the problem with simple carbon steels is they are all run way to soft in factory knives, so people use them and think, man this has shit edge retention. Lots of the factory knives are...
Liked On: 09-09-2021, 11:36 AM
Its not hard to do, although the equivalent stainless will abrade slower than comparable simple carbon. Chromium in solution is what makes a knife stainless, it also binds to carbon to form...
Liked On: 09-09-2021, 11:07 AM
The failsafe best way to sharpen a Mercator is to bin it and buy a knife with an actual decent steel made in the last century or so :thumbsup:
Liked On: 09-09-2021, 11:07 AM