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Daniel Fairly Knives

Daniel Fairly Knives

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I usually don't post any photos of new stock but I'm really excited to get this order!

Zirconium for jet black bolsters and overlay... LVA carbon fiber... AEB-L, CPM154 and more... :D ...new pivot in to check out and it is incredible.

Z-FiNit - Zapp Fine grain Nitrogen steel! I've been looking forward to trying this steel out, the performance is reportedly like 52100 with rust resistance that is off the charts!

OK... back to grinding!

 
NMP= New Material Porn :D
I gotta try out some of that Z FiNit! I hear it blows H1 out of the water.
 
Good to hear guys... I am as excited as you are!

Z-fiNit RF2 rigger... dive knives... new Tanto Folders! Maybe more too but I only have 4 feet, lol.

I worked out my bolster process more today... fun stuff lies ahead!
 
Daneil- I will get the Yellow out to you this week. I got backed-up here.
 
Ooh, a rigging knife would be nice. I've always liked the one you did for Xander.
 
^ Framelock rigger... designed with some help from a freighter Captain and my experience on the water... on a commercial vessel the knife must fold and this is going to be cool! Shackle opener/thumb slot and sheepsfoot blade...

I made two fixed blade riggers recently and did not put up pics... I need to do that!
 
Justin - the CPM154 is good stuff... pretty straightforward to work with and heat treat. It needs a sub-zero quench for best performance.
 
Hey Dan I take it the z-finit is for your dive knifes.Will you be doing a sub- zero quench on these as well?
 
Lu1967 said:
Hey Dan I take it the z-finit is for your dive knifes.Will you be doing a sub- zero quench on these as well?
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Hi! From what I understand the Z-fiNit needs a cryo cycle, I need to see if a sub-zero will do the trick. I'm thinking the sub-zero quench would be plenty as the cryo is usually more for ETA Carbide formation. I'm really not sure yet but will find out soon. I got my info from AKS.

I have heat treated 100% of my knives in house but I may send off the Z-fiNit for heat treat. It just depends on what it really needs. I am working towards a higher temp kiln and cryo flask if I can get liquid Nitrogen locally.

I'm likely doing a fixed blade dive knife, a RF2 Rigger with Sheepsfoot blade and shackle opener and the rest si going towards my new folder design, the Traditional Japanese Tanto (working name).
 
Thanks Dan,the reason I ask is I too ordered 2 pieces from AKS in order to make a couple of dive/snorkle knives for an upcoming trip.
I'm most concerned with corrosion and after reading Zaps data sheet on this steel,the best corrosion resist is to leave cryo out.
I don't know. I think I'll try it both ways. Thanks. Lu.
 
Lu1967 said:
Thanks Dan,the reason I ask is I too ordered 2 pieces from AKS in order to make a couple of dive/snorkle knives for an upcoming trip.
I'm most concerned with corrosion and after reading Zaps data sheet on this steel,the best corrosion resist is to leave cryo out.
I don't know. I think I'll try it both ways. Thanks. Lu.
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Interesting! I assume less chromium would be converted to carbides for better corrosion resistance.

The corrosion resistance sounds incredible... I used to live on the Ocean (boat) and everything would rust. I'm also excited to try a Nitrogen steel.

http://www.alphaknifesupply.com/zdata-bladesteelS-ZFiNit.htm
 
Huh, my Zapp data sheets slightly different than AKShttp://www.zapp.com/fileadmin/download/03-orange/02-werkzeugstahl/03-konventioneller-werkzeugstahl/02-sonderlegierungen/04-LC%20200%20N_e_datasheet_09.13.pdf
 
Sorry can't get the link right.But in mine it calls for a double temper.Temps and time appear the same.
 
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