The only thing I know about knives is if i drop my 15 dollar knife i won't be sad. . . My 50 dollar knife def. . .
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cool_hardware52:Now you have curious too. I'll admit I have zero experience with duplex SS, only what I've read. Interesting sounding stuff.
Sumitomo's got the R&D horsepower to find out.
WWD, are you a metalurgist? Damn handy folks to have around.
Tobin
Rev. Blade:The Spyderco "Salt" series knives use Nitrogen (instead of carbon) to make a stainless steel. It sounds like a material that should be near the best for dive knives.
http://www.knivesplus.com/spyderco-h1-salt-i-pacific-salt-knives.html
It's for real. http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sstamp/knives/blade_materials.html#H1cool_hardware52:Sure wish I could find more info on H1, all referrences were to knives made of H1, I can find no links that describe either the properties or make up of H1.
Is it for real? Pretty cool if it is.
Tobin