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Knife Broke with CPM-3V! Isn’t it a Tough Steel? (Q&A Video)
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Most steels in consumer knives (even the expensive ones!) don`t reach their ability due to harsh undertreating (HRC). If there`s a secundary hardening, do it as well as cryo ! Best sample are italian Mfgs. treating M390 @<60 HRC (I mean you, KnifeCenter and followers)! As long as people hang on to polishing for their safe-queens instead of demanding real outcome you pay for your convenience and DT supremacy…
Just because a knife is tough doesn’t make it unbreakable. Tempering must be prioritized to achieve good toughness. If you want a tougher blade, raise your tempering temperature. Demonstrations of people bending 3V were tempered for those demonstrations, but the higher you go, you also lose edge holding ability.
I would like to ask about using Hi temp salt baths. And a low temp salt bath. Together, which I use both of them, can provide high performance in Hi carbon steel.