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I'm looking for maintenance free diving shears - titanium would be ideal, but can't seem to find any. Is it too soft for shears?
Yes SS 316 marinegrade stainlessIs there anything better than stainless 300?
ptyx:I'm looking for maintenance free diving shears - titanium would be ideal, but can't seem to find any. Is it too soft for shears?
I'm not a metallurgist, but my understanding was that 'raw' titanium was too soft/ductile to make a good blade. The only interesting property of titanium for dive knifes would be rust resistance - and SS steel is better in all other aspects.
I'm sure there are ways around that (surface treatment? alloys?), but it's hard to beat cost effectiveness of steel.