These little gems came out really nice. There are only five and all are different. The Termite one has a tiny Rockwell test dot on the back and the card is labeled Rockwell 58 to reflect this. Each will come with a kydex sheath with bead chain. The price on them will be $175 plus $8 shipping for US customers or $26 shipping Express Mail International.
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Very nice Peter!
ReplyDeleteWOW!l Those are great Peter!
ReplyDeleteholy, cow, these are beautiful
ReplyDeletehopefully I'll get lucky tonight : p
ReplyDeleteNow those are some good looking boogers!
ReplyDeleteWith the DLC coating it gives them properties that make them hard, strong and slick. These properties are just the opposite of the, soft, weak and sticky boogers that I've experienced so far.
I hope I get to pick one of those boogers.
Sorry, I couldn't resist saying that as I've been with my three year old most of the day.
Nice work. And these are CPM S30V???
ReplyDeleteThank you. :)
ReplyDeleteNo, these are CPM 154 at 58 Rockwell with DLC coating.
Is there a glossary for CPM and Rockwell and DLC somewhere?
ReplyDeleteA newbiew question I realize..but while y'all wait for the lottery drawing what else do you have to do? ;)
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Crucible is the maker of the Powder Metallurgy steels (CPM). These are fine grained custom cutlery steels that have very good edge retention properties and are stronger and more corrosion resistant than cheaper common steels.
ReplyDeleteDLC refers to Diamond Like Carbon and is a super thin coating that is incredibly hard, scratch resistant and corrosion resistant. It's pretty much the gold standard right now in coating technology as far as I can see.
58-60 Rockwell is generally the hardness range that you want to see in knife steels. In theory anyway, 58 Rockwell is a good target for these type of steels where you want good hardness for edge retention but at the lower value you are trading off a little hardness for greater toughness, a handy quality in a prying tool.
After a vacuum hardening heat treat and temper cycle all of my stuff is cryogenically aged in liquid nitrogen and then retempered. This further refines the grain structure and improves edge retention, toughness and hardness.
really beautiful, I'll win one, I hope ;)
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ReplyDeleteahhhh, how did i miss this one!?
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