Tramontina-what steel?

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Does anyone know what steel is used on the Tramontina machetes? On their site is said to be high carbon steel but they don't say which type. So, any clues?
 
Out of curiousity....why? I mean, a Tram is a widely beloved, highly effective tool.

Who cares what the steel is?

And if you want to know if Brand X machete has the same kind of steel...just get the Tram instead. Save the trouble.

And if you want the same steel on a different type of cutting tool...it probably won't work. Whatever kind of steel it is in a Tram, it's optimized for a machete.

Like I said...just curious.
 
marcinek said:
Sounds about right. Tramontina should call it Tram70XV and triple their prices! Get their people on the phone with my people!
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Yeah! We all know that it's the STEEL that makes a knife! You don't need skills if you buy the right steel!

Those millions of people who use machetes on a daily basis don't know how useless their blades are! :rolleyes:
 
marcinek said:
Out of curiousity....why? I mean, a Tram is a widely beloved, highly effective tool.
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Why anyone wants to know steel used in their knives? You never asked that yourself?

I love my Aritsugu A-Type gyuto but I was extremely happy to find out gokinko steel composition. No, it doesn't cut any better since then, I just feel better that know the composition.
 
GRIM 62 said:
The person asked a simple question,give em a break.
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Who asked a simple question and deserves a break? Me or kossminn?

I asked kossminn a question out of curiousity. I proposed three reasons why I thought kossminn might have asked his question, and he replied with a reason that I hadn't even thought of.

Because I asked, now we know he's considering using it as a camp knife. And Rupestris and I have noted that it is a great camp knife regardless of the steel.

Seems like if I had given him "a break" we still might be trying to figure out what steel was in it. Which may not have helped kossminn find out if it would be a good camp knife.

So I think it worked out.
 
marcinek said:
I asked kossminn a question out of curiousity. I proposed three reasons why I thought kossminn might have asked his question,
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Your comment/question/guess "who cares what steel it is" didn't sound like you were interested why he asked a question, or answering it.
Despite your best intentions (I believe ;) )....


P.S. Widely belowed is hardly a qualifying criteria for a high quality product, general public widely belowes sub 10$ knives, considering anything more expensive as outrageous.
 
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Gator97 said:
P.S. Widely belowed is hardly a qualifying criteria for a high quality product, general public widely belowes sub 10$ knives, considering anything more expensive as outrageous.
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True. I should have qualified that by saying "widely beloved among people who know knives"

But since we, I assumed, are having a discussion among people who know knives, I neglected to include it.

But, if I you think I should NOT assume that the people here know knives, I will definitely qualify my statements in the future. Thanks! :thumbup:
 
I think the more "unclear" part of your post was "who cares what steel it is", not widely belowed...
Anyhow, since you asked - no, you shouldn't assume people here do not know knives.
Still, everyone has an opinion and taste, this is a public forum, open for discussion, which is why we get here together, learn, share, etc...
 
kossminn said:
Does anyone know what steel is used on the Tramontina machetes? On their site is said to be high carbon steel but they don't say which type. So, any clues?
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Here's a clue:
http://www.machetespecialists.com/tr18bumawiwo.html

Blade Composition: SAE 1070 High-Carbon Steel
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So, yeah - 1070. That is a pretty good choice for a machete IMO. It should be good for strength/toughness and perform well for cutting/slashing/chopping tasks required of a machete.

Condor machetes which are also excellent are using 1075 which is very similar, this suggests that different manufacturers are in agreement that 1070/1075 carbon steel is the way to go for machete blades.
 
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I had a local knifemaker grind me down 14' tramontina into a large " camp knife " and it's been tougher than all get out and has decent edge retention.
 
Gadgetaholic said:
Here's a clue:
http://www.machetespecialists.com/tr18bumawiwo.html



So, yeah - 1070. That is a pretty good choice for a machete IMO. It should be good for strength/toughness and perform well for cutting/slashing/chopping tasks required of a machete.

Condor machetes which are also excellent are using 1075 which is very similar, this suggests that different manufacturers are in agreement that 1070/1075 carbon steel is the way to go for machete blades.
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Yup. This. :thumbup:
 
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