Poll of the Day > Just picked up a beauty of a knife.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Gotta quit spending all my money, but it was just too pretty to pass up.

Defcon Barracuda Limited Edition
Blade Material: 52100 Ball Bearing Damascus
Handle Material: 6AL4V Milled Titanium (Blue with Burnt Stripe)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/3/8/AAMabeAACvpO.jpg

Damascus, The material that people who don't know better buys.

hypnox posted...

Damascus, The material that people who don't know better buys.

I have knives rocking M690, M390, s90v, Elmax, and just about every super steel you can think of, so you can take that bullshit steel snob talk down to the dump. Maybe it will impress the rats and seagulls.

Ozmose posted...

I have knives rocking M690, M390, s90v, Elmax, and just about every super steel you can think of, so you can take that bullshit steel snob talk down to the dump. Maybe it will impress the rats and seagulls.

Its not being a steel snob, its literally the fact that that "Design" is all impurities. Hell I don't care if your knife is made out of tin. At least that bendy piece of shit tin knife doesn't have impurities built into it for the sole purpose of "looking pretty"

hypnox posted...

Its not being a steel snob

No, you're definitely coming off as a snob here.

I thought he was just going by the fact that Damascus steel technically doesn't exist.

It's not exactly a knife I'm getting for a beater. I wouldn't worry about it if that was my plan. I don't think you're familiar with modern damascus manufacturing. It's come a long way from the hammer and forge. Most of it is made with powdered metallurgy these days. It can stand up with most of the premium stuff.

https://damasteel.se/landing-custom-knifes/

Ozmose posted...

It's not exactly a knife I'm getting for a beater. I wouldn't worry about it if that was my plan. I don't think you're familiar with modern damascus manufacturing. It's come a long way from the hammer and forge. Most of it is made with powdered metallurgy these days. It can stand up with most of the premium stuff.

https://damasteel.se/landing-custom-knifes/

I know that there's a modern version. I meant that they haven't figured out how to replicate ancient Damascus steel.

Revelation34 posted...

I know that there's a modern version. I meant that they haven't figured out how to replicate ancient Damascus steel.

He was addressing post #4, Rev.

hypnox posted...

Its not being a steel snob, its literally the fact that that "Design" is all impurities. Hell I don't care if your knife is made out of tin. At least that bendy piece of shit tin knife doesn't have impurities built into it for the sole purpose of "looking pretty"

Unless you're planning on literally using the knife on a regular basis or are going to go around stabbing people, impurities are kind of meaningless. The appearance of the blade is pretty much the only thing that actually matters.

Knife collectors are generally just putting stuff on their wall. It doesn't matter if they're getting carbon steel or 440 surgical or Damascus or heat-treated metal for the rainbow shimmer effect or if it's deep-etched or filigreed or otherwise designed in a way that makes it absolutely useless for real work but looks cool.

I mean, people buy shit like this:

https://military.swords24.eu/images/products/en/Kit_Rae_Black_Legion_Blade_KR0009.jpg

No one in real life would ever have used something like that. It's the sort of thing that would have probably gotten you killed the first time you were in a fight. But that's not why people are buying it.