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A quick primer on the difference between stainless and carbon blades

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Sagespeed : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Sagespeed

27 votes NegativePositive

292 days 20 hours ago...

Welcome Back! I`ve been looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

Nny (Admin) : LVL 65: VP 5: said:

Nny

27 votes NegativePositive

292 days 20 hours ago...

Just FYI Nova is now banned so no more dealing with him. =P

Batman! : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Batman!

8 votes NegativePositive

292 days 19 hours ago...

Interesting as always.

Led Zeppelin : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Led Zeppelin

23 votes NegativePositive

292 days 19 hours ago...

wowee Nova is banned?! What was the "last straw" so to speak that drove you guys to finally ban him?

Purg as always very interesting, post more if you can! Im going on a camping trip very soon and was worried about the durability of my stainless steel knife, buying high carbon is more expensive but well worth it in the end I reckon.

2ndhandsmoker : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

2ndhandsmoker

11 votes NegativePositive

292 days 19 hours ago...

you crazy blacksmith you...

Nny (Admin) : LVL 65: VP 5: said:

Nny

24 votes NegativePositive

292 days 18 hours ago...

Actually he would have been banned a long time ago but there was a bug with his account (The logout bug around november was related to any videos he posted in) but he calmed down for a while so I let it go but his recent resurge of spam+racist comments was too much so they dug around untill they found wtf was causing it and banned him.

Mad Noobins : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Mad Noobins

3 votes NegativePositive

292 days 16 hours ago...

carbon holds a sharper edge... im no blacksmith but ive cut up my share of deer and pigs

Vizreel : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

Vizreel

5 votes NegativePositive

292 days 3 hours ago...

so how can you preserve a carbon knife the fullest?

chinup : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

chinup

0 votes NegativePositive

292 days 3 hours ago...

Stick it to the hilt in dirt. Sounds stupid I know, but it works .

bangzilla : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

bangzilla

2 votes NegativePositive

292 days 3 hours ago...

yeah ive done some metal work at college (shaping sheet metal, and rod) and it rusts really fast, as in sand blast it, rinse it in water and itll rust within a minute or two.

i know that one way to preserve it is rub it in oil but maybe mr black smith can tell us more

boldfart : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

boldfart

4 votes NegativePositive

292 days 2 hours ago...

OK I have a vanadium steel set of kitchen knives. They seem to be stainless yet keep their edge age well as the Sabatier carbon steel knives. Ant thoughts?

Convalescence69 : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Convalescence69

1 votes NegativePositive

292 days 1 hour ago...

Hearsay has informed me that a sword fight between high carbon steel and stainless steel, the high carbon blade would cleave the stainless.... I`ve always wanted this to be verified. Can you show us, set us straight?

N@stro : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

N@stro

4 votes NegativePositive

292 days 1 hour ago...

I had a Throwing knife that was meant to be carbon. It was flat and rather slim and twice as much in price as the other thicker stainless steel throwing knives.

First time I threw it it stuck in a hard wooded tree around two inches deep.I was impressed, untill I pulled it out. It streched out like taffy almost 30% more in length.

Couldnt use it for anything after that, looked like some failed modern art.

What gives ? I`ve seen pliable metal before but nothing that stretches like this when its cold. Im guessing its because it was slim and had some cheap alloy in it.

whammy : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

whammy

0 votes NegativePositive

292 days 1 hour ago...

Would love to see some blade making videos!

spiked punch : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

spiked punch

3 votes NegativePositive

292 days ago...

Gimme` some more! That is so interesting to me!

I use a sandblaster if my high carbon gets surface rust. Use a low pressure though.

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