Z wear PM

J. Rosa said:
Interesting. I guess I'll finally send the test blade I have out in the next 2 weeks or so and see if Peters will do Butch's ht schedule. I'll send you a pm Darrin with any news if you're interested.
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Yes, please do. I'd be very interested. And if you can't get Peters to do them, give me a call. I'd consider doing them for you depending on the size.
 
Z-Wear PM is a Zapp Tooling Alloys material. The data sheet can be found at www.zappnews.com. The toughness is comparable to 3V in many applications. However, if you are trying to get 3V to Rc 60 or higher, the 3V toughness declines fairly quickly because it is carbon lean (promotes toughness). The Z-Wear PM carbon is balanced to the alloy and holds its toughness at Rc 60 and over. Available in sheets and strips.
 
I know this is supet late in the game but just got my plate of Z-Wear and had more room then I thought so i cut out a chopper to play with. How did the Zwear chopper turn out? Every industry pro I taked to had a little different take but i figured I would test for myself. I understand the added carbon content but I think adding tungsten is also a good add or in my head it does. I know tungsten (i TIG weld) is very hard and wear resistent but brittle. I assume they do this to balance out the added carbon??
I am just a guy making what i want. No pro.

 
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So did you compare 3v and pd1 directly? how do they perform ? is pd1 more edge stable and still tough?
 
Stropping the wire edge from Z Wear at 62 was laborious. I couldn't believe how much it took compared to say W2 or D2.
 
If the burr is large, I'll lightly use the 1200grit diamond stone to fold the burr back and forth a few times.
 
I didn't think it was very big looking at it with my optivisor, but it was tough as hell. I swear that wire edge was tougher than the stropped edge on a 1095 knife.
 
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