Pocket Knife: A Beginner’s Guide Posted byGeorge MuhlesteinonSeptember 13, 2024,inBest of,Knife Knowledge,Knife Laws,Learn,Use Have you ever used a key to open a box? Or your teeth on a stubborn bag of snacks? You, my friend, need a pocket knife. Luckily, you’ve just stumbled upo...
rust resistance, and toughness. The blades which are made with S30V steel are hard to sharpen but once they are sharpened they retain the sharpness much better than other blades with other materials. Most makers harden the S30V blades too much that they become prone to chipping at the edges....
I’ve been an outdoor enthusiast for as long as I can remember thanks to the numerous camping and hiking trips that I took with my dad and the one thing that I always keep with me is a good hunting knife. A lot of people take this aspect really lightly and don’t realize that the...
Most custom knifemakers closely guard their heat treatment protocols, since that’s often what sets their blades apart from all the other makers using the same steel from the same manufacturer. That’s why buying a knife from a proven maker is so important; don’t buy a blade from a maker...
From Victorinox, the makers of the original Swiss Army Knife, we have this functional and attractive eight-piece set of the most commonly used kitchen cutters. Included in the set are a 4” parer, a 6” boning knife, an 8” chef’s knife, an 8” bread knife, a 10”slicing kn...
At the time of writing, knifemakers in the United States and Europe have access to the steel, and Asian companies are patiently waiting for supply to go up or demand to go down. We’ll see what the future holds, but for now, most MagnaCut knives come out of the USA and Europe. ...
Knifemakers that have used MagnaCut have also reported excellent toughness thus far. Phil Wilson put the steel through his battery of cutting tests designed to put significant force on the edge, cutting through increasingly harder materials, and twisting out of the cuts. The knife made it through...
Another concern that some knifemakers have is quenching too rapidly, worried it will lead to microscopic quench cracks or other bogeyman. And while I would be cautious when quenching anything in water, every steel that we have heat treated with Parks 50 has resulted in excellent toughness regardl...
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The marks go a little way down the side so that I can see where the frets are supposed to be when I put them on the top. The frets are made by splitting bamboo toothpicks using the blade of the pocket knife and snapping them to a slightly long length that will be sanded to the ...