A big knife for a little girl (or: my first fixed knife)

[Freudian Frog]

Alright, you guys need to let this topic die so I can stop seeing the title and having to resist posting innuendo at Turnstone.

[jzmtl]

That chart is based on longitudinal toughness - taking the ends and pulling it apart.  This is not how knives break, they break laterally (along the blade from spine to tip). 

I remember seeing their test of toughness for cutlery steels, it was to clamp a bar down on one end and hit it from sideways with a swinging weight.

I posted a quote (and a link to a thread) where a well-known and extremely well-respected knifemaker has out and out said that S30V is an extremely tough steel.  Crucible's own marketing materials say that S30V exceeds 440c and D2 in terms of toughness.  Joel Talmadge says repeatedly that S30V is an extremely tough steel on his zknives site, putting it in a group with BG-42 and S90V in terms of overall steel capability.  Doug Ritter, an extremely well-respected knifes use expert has stated that S30V is a very tough steel.

The Reeve Green Beret didn't fail that test because of some inability of the steel, it failed the test because it's a test designed for knives to fail, regardless of makeup or build.  Knives are wholly unsuited to chopping wood.

I know who the people are, write a bunch of extremely this and that won't impress anyone. Doug Ritter is known for his survival stuff, not knives. Zknives website isn't Joe Talmage's. And S90V is less impact resistant than D2 so putting it in the same group doesn't mean anything.

I just said how crucible's tests are done, and you start to throw names and irrelevant information around, seems you are trying to pick an argument. Anyway I'm done with this.

[Charger]

Alright, you guys need to let this topic die so I can stop seeing the title and having to resist posting innuendo at Turnstone.

your so strong Freud.  So strong.

[sparky415]

This reminds me to work on my nephew's mother so I can give him the Wenger Soccer 
I don't think the idea was well received last time 

Mission completed 
 I gave my (11ish    ) nephew a Wenger Soccer yesterday (From Neil a year or two ago)
after a chat with his Mum and a short 'only allowed to use it with supervision' talk to him
Sadly I only see him about once every two years and I didn't get much chance to teach him any knife safety 

I wonder if hes sleeping with it under his pillow tonight......and if hes folded the blade away
 

[Zed]

This reminds me to work on my nephew's mother so I can give him the Wenger Soccer 
I don't think the idea was well received last time 

Mission completed 
 I gave my (11ish    ) nephew a Wenger Soccer yesterday (From Neil a year or two ago)
after a chat with his Mum and a short 'only allowed to use it with supervision' talk to him
Sadly I only see him about once every two years and I didn't get much chance to teach him any knife safety 

I wonder if hes sleeping with it under his pillow tonight......and if hes folded the blade away
 

im sure he will love it tony , i still remember all the knives i had back in the 80's i had my wall covered in them as well as replica guns, i think most folk thought i was going to grow up to be a serial killer 

[dks]

i think most folk thought i was going to grow up to be a serial killer 

   There is still time......   


 
I have lost most of my knives from my youth and some of them were pretty decent... I am sure they will turn up one day. 

I was not aware Turnstone was a lady... 
I hope I have not replied to any of her posts with anything too stupid... 

[Iagent]

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