well, there’s the blade thickness, the geometry, the alloy and the hardness. these determine how much abuse a knife can handle.
the firebird is D2 with a high hardness, so it should keep an edge longer, but doesns’t allow for much abuse. cheap knives are usually much softer, the blade deforms instead of chipping.
Hi Teus, Absolutely, it all figures in. Mine is the G727m so maybe not Firebird. It’s 440c. The edge is very hard and has held up well for two years against cardboard/zipties/cord etc. In this case I was changing the cross over in an old set of speakers and there was a 50 year old staple in a 50 year old piece of plywood on the inside and just thought I would pop it out with the tip of the knife as that is what was in my hand. A portion of the edge crumbled like sand. I presume the edge just got very hot then cold or something in the manufacturing process and was probably harder and more brittle than it really should be. Is it my fault. Sure is. Will I trust it in important situations. Nope. Is it still a good value at $15. Yup.
Will probably stick with something like this if steel abuse is on the horizon :).
Thanks to Fasttech I learned about an interesting kind of knife, a folder designed to take scalpel blades:
https://www.fasttech.com/p/9719201
I really like the promise of a very sharp blade with minimal maintenance but 20 mm blade just won’t work for me.
There was a discussion in the FT thread about different blades:
The FT knife (also available elsewhere but FT is the cheapes source I’ve seen so far) uses #11 blades and the folded picture above shows there’s little chance of it fitting something larger.
If there was a folder that could accept blades #20, #21 or #22….maybe even #10….or similar - I would be very glad to try it.
Does anyone know such blade?…
Not the truth, your truth.
What is a mouth made for ? Eating, biting, articulating phonemes, playing wind instruments, etc ?
A knife’s blade is a bar of metal with a cutting edge, as is, it can have many more uses than a basic straight cut.
I looked it up. It indeed looks like #10 would fit, though that’s not certain. Fasttech has them for only a slightly higher price w/out coupon; waiting for another 15-20% discount would drop the price to about $23-$24 shipped.
Considering that #10 blade is likely too small to be good for me anyway, that’s a little more expensive than I’d like….especially that I found other options:
$15, takes #22 blades.
81 mm is a little long considering the still-very-short blade. Well, most scalpel folders that I found are like that.
There are a few exceptions with non-standard blades, namely Havalon and Gerber. Though they produce only even bigger knives which are simply not good for me.
I’m sure they aren’t made to use as a screwdriver either, but guess what?
If the knife is the only tool I have available at that juncture it will be used for whatever it takes to get us out of a jam.
It’s not like these knives are family heirlooms, they are a tool and should be used and abused if needed, as such.
JMHO,
your’s sounds like it will vary and that’s cool.
I’ve seen guys use Makita Impact Drivers as hammers becasue they were too lazy to go to the tool trailer so yeah some people do not care when the tool is not their’s.
Flat Earthers, Woo .
Now, what about the folks who believe in Hollow Earth?
We have a micro brewer in Oxford, PA called Hollow Earth brewing
Later………………. gotta get back in the portal.
P.S. I don’t lend tools or pickup trucks/trailers , I’ll help you fix it with my tools though.
Small size makes this Titanium Alloy Utility Folding Knife (that comes with 10 blade replacement: Page Not Found - Aliexpress.com) very convenient as keyring blade: