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- Dec 26, 2012
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Hi all,
Awhile back my son presented me with a new Cold Steel Trail Master as a gift. I was very excited about the knife because first of all my dear son thought of me and spent his hard earned money to surprise his old dad with such a wonderful gift. But secondly it has the new O1 steel blade. Now I'm a machinist and tool maker of over 30 years and have years of experience working with tool steels. I have used and heat treated O1 for years and believe that it's a great steel for a knife blade. I'm also an avid backpacker and hammock camper and use my knives for camp chores and processing wood for a fire.
I had put the knife up wanting until my son could get a weekend free to camp with me. This passed weekend we when out together and took along the trail master for a test run. The weather was mild so we didn't need to process a lot of wood having only a small fire. After sawing up a few pieces of dead fall we decided to split some with the TM. The knife blasted thru the wood like a dream however, after just a few pieces I noticed some severe rolling of the edge starting at the tip and extending own the blade about 3 inches. I have since resharpened the blade removing the roll and brought it back to a shaving sharp edge.
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced any rolling on their O1 TM.
Semo
Awhile back my son presented me with a new Cold Steel Trail Master as a gift. I was very excited about the knife because first of all my dear son thought of me and spent his hard earned money to surprise his old dad with such a wonderful gift. But secondly it has the new O1 steel blade. Now I'm a machinist and tool maker of over 30 years and have years of experience working with tool steels. I have used and heat treated O1 for years and believe that it's a great steel for a knife blade. I'm also an avid backpacker and hammock camper and use my knives for camp chores and processing wood for a fire.
I had put the knife up wanting until my son could get a weekend free to camp with me. This passed weekend we when out together and took along the trail master for a test run. The weather was mild so we didn't need to process a lot of wood having only a small fire. After sawing up a few pieces of dead fall we decided to split some with the TM. The knife blasted thru the wood like a dream however, after just a few pieces I noticed some severe rolling of the edge starting at the tip and extending own the blade about 3 inches. I have since resharpened the blade removing the roll and brought it back to a shaving sharp edge.
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced any rolling on their O1 TM.
Semo
