HDFK for sure, I also would like to see a 7” version but it is great as is.
Ooooo...How about a Bali-song with a leaf shaped blade similar to the light chopper. I’m not really a balisong kind of knife guy, but I’d buy that.
AEB-L slicer with delta HT
AEBL is very good with an optimized heat treat, but you wouldn't like AEBL with the Delta HT. They're very different animals.
3V is a complex steel with complicated issues. AEBL is comparatively simple.
An important element in any optimized heat treat is the "heat condition" of the steel before you even start the hardening process. Grain condition (size and uniformity) and carbon distribution and spheroidization play a huge role in heat treat response and the two materials come in very different conditions and have very different needs. I try to get full runs of 3V and can order it in any condition I like and it is a super premium material that gets a lot of special attention by the steel maker. AEBL is not like that. So, for me, the first half of the process with AEBL is the most critical (it needs some love at first but is pretty simple otherwise) but the second half is where the magic happens with 3V (fiendishly complex material with complex interaction between variables). So the "Delta" terminology would be misapplied if used on optimized AEBL because AEBL doesn't need or respond to the Delta protocol, it needs something entirely different.
I get the gist of what you're saying...but now it begs my question...
...could any steel <besides 3V> benefit from the Delta protocol?
So give a batch of AEB-L the ol' Carothers' Beta Mu Phi treatment or the Mooresville Shuffle, it'll be just fine.
.... we usually win.
We made those. They were great. No one bought them...Some original edc knives with 4v steel and without the swedge!
Yes I saw a few of those floating around but I'd love for you to bring that pattern back into production, especially in 4v steel.We made those