Knives

[Hrusai]

(4 October 2012, 12:05)Wildman Wrote: a small list of good steels plus having a knife heat treated by an expert makes all the difference. ats34, aus8, 1080, 440c is ok but shit in my opinion. the best steel i know of but u have to keep it oiled is 01 tool steel. put an edge on this steel and you wont have to sharpen again for ages. real strong stuff. hope that helps. 440 a and 440 b are again in my opinion not worth the money.

just buy or beg for some old metal files, they're made of 01, and they arent heat treated i dont think, so you can cut it and grind it down into a nice shape easily enough, a small angle grinder and a belt sander, nothing fancy just cheap ones would do, i got tutorials on it if anyone wants them

also choosing knifes depends on what you want really

for me a general survival knife would have to be a full tang fixed blade, the blade would be between 6 and 8 inches, a nice high carbon steel etc etc, no serrations either

i quite the cold steel srk myself, although its meant to be worse now they changed from carbon v to aus8a