Unless you want to smuggle a knife onto a plane or through metal detectors, I don't get it. But I love the two Fox knives I received recently. Fit and Finish is as perfect as it gets (not karambits, though).
Beat me to it, but you didn't actually tag him. MechaI will tag in someone who knows his stuff about titanium, just to answer your questions. But as for me, I am so desperately old school that good ole steel is good enough for me, even iron could do. Mecha, you're the one.
From Fox's description:
1) 100% non magnetic for mine demolition
2) completely rust resistant and
3) a superior cutting tool.
OK, I will concede (maybe) to points 1 and 2, although I am not sure how you would demolish a mine with a knife and live to tell about it. Perhaps they meant mine "detection" or extraction. As in, poking the ground looking for mines.
The third point, well.......LMAO. Titanium makes the dullest butter knife seem like a light sabre in comparison. What can you harden Ti to anyway? Like 5 HRC (if you're lucky)??????
There are some ti alloys that can harden well over HRc 60, and others that make a good knife blade, but this Fox one ain't it!
I don't see anything indicating that the Stealth's Ti is alloyed with anything. I suspect it is about as hard as Jello.
I wonIt's basically just an 0p3rat0r fantasy piece. The description of the knife on the Fox website is kind of ridiculous, including factual errors.
It's just grade 5 ti (which can be found in a huge range of quality), and would work way better as a blade if it had a carbidized edge and no carbon fiber at all. The carbon fiber cladding is pointless other than being neat.