Knifew Research Legion.

[molletta]

Here in sand basted finish.

 

[Big philly 1]

That's pretty nice....

 

[norca]

just wish i had the cash

 

[jdm61]

Looks nice. What is the blade steel?

 

[AbuAyesha]

Looks nice. What is the blade steel?

Sleipnir. From their site:

"The Legion is a Sleipner steel knife hardened to 60HRC."

I have one of the SE first runs with a stonewashed blade. They used to be available in satin and stonewashed finishes; looks like they have replaced the stonewashed with a sandblast finish. There are some older threads in the Lionsteel section where further details on the blade are available (including rope cutting tests), I believe.

Hope that helps.

David.

 

[molletta]

Here various colors.

 

[Demetres]

Bottom one is it micarta?

Dimitris

 

[molletta]

Yes, It' green micarta convas.

 

[RamZar]

Best fixed blade knife I've ever had is my new Knife Research Legion designed by Molletta (Michele Pensato) and manufactured by LionSteel. It's an absolute beauty & beast that handles very well with a Sleipner steel blade (56-60 RC) that's 6.7" long and 0.22" thick!

First picture below are some of my Sleipner-steel, LionSteel-manufactured and Molletta-designed knives: KR Legion, LionSteel SR-1 Ti and SR-2 Ti.

I got mine from BladeHQ and it came with a great sheath, leg strap, sharpener, carrying pouch and polishing cloth.

Knife Research Legion Project at Molletta

UDDEHOLM SLEIPNER®

Thread: HEST Assault II Sleipner steel the same as the Knife Research Legion?

Knife Research YouTube Channel

[video=youtube;8--FKpqTyeg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8--FKpqTyeg[/video]

 

[molletta]

Best fixed blade knife I've ever ...

Thanks.

I'am working on some projects. Soon will be news.

 

[RamZar]

I'am working on some projects. Soon will be news.

More Sleipner KR? Shorter blade lengths?

Also, can you expand on the steels used by LionSteel. Seems like Sleipner is at the top for LionSteel? Of course, the heat treatment of Sleipner at KR makes it even tougher?

[SIZE=3][U][B]
Steel    C       Cr    Mn   Si  Mo   V   Nb  Co[/B]
Sleipner 0.9     7.8   0.5  0.9 2.5  0.5
Niolox   0.8     12.7  0.0  0.0 1.1  0.9 0.7
D-2      1.5-1.6 11-12 0.35 0.3 0.75 1.0
Elmax    1.7     18    0.3  0.8 1.0  3.0
[/U][/SIZE]

 

[molletta]

Will be news for Lionsteel, molletta, KR.

Sleipner have very good performance. Good toughness, excellent edge retenction and good resistance to corrosion although it is not a stainless steel.

 

[Aubrey]

Cannot help it ... I want a Legion

 

[RamZar]

Cannot help it ... I want a Legion

May also want to consider the new LionSteel M7. Both are Molletta designs, manufactured by LionSteel and use Sleipner steel full tang. M7 has a solid piece of Micarta whereas Legion is two pieces of G-10. Although Sleipner for both the hardness on M7 is 60-61 HRC vs. 56-60 HRC on the Legion. M7 has a 7 inch blade (6 inch cutting edge) vs. 6.7 inch on the Legion. Both are a stout 0.22 inches thick. They weigh the same and have nice kydex sheaths. M7 is $265 (satin, black blade is $275) vs. $290 for Legion. Tough choosing between the two but if I didn't already have a Legion I'd go with the M7 Satin. You get a bit more for a bit less.