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Testing 0-1 From
my shop. Well, I thought I would post
about a test blade I just recently destroyed. The steel is 1/8",
4.5" drop/spear point 0-1 that was flat ground and heat treated by
myself. This knife was differentially heat treated to have a hard edge
and a soft spine to aid in flex. I put a hair-popping edge on it and
headed for the bush :big-thump Finding 2" to 3" hard wood is pretty easy around my house. I took my baton and went through 3 of these pretty fast.
A nicer handle would
have made this a lot more comfortable but its the steel I am testing in
this situation. What I was looking for was wood I would have used in a
shelter building situation. Wood that is tough, not rotten, and wood
that is hard to see if the blade will chip out. Chip out she did not.
Shave still...yes |
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| Without sharpening I went into the kitchen. In my kitchen a potato will let you know a dull blade fast. A dull knife will not slice a potato but will make it break off in pieces. Glad to see that the edge cut this potato with ease. |
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Next - make this blade fail. I
have read where a car hood is a good test on the durability of the blade
so I went a step further. A folding chair. Next time your sitting in one
just feel how hard the seat is. I took my baton and went at the chair
using the tip to pierce the seat to get started. The tip did not break.
I used the baton to cut a nice size hole in the chair. I was surprised at just how far I got before the blade showed substantial edge damage. I was very pleased at how the blade held up. I would not have one second thought about using this knife hard in the field and knowing it would not fail.
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