Welcome to the Yard! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> All their knives receive their proprietary heat treat and cryogenic treatment. The crinkle coating is for several reasons. It protects the knife from rusting for less maintenance, and also keeps the cost down by having less finishing time that it would take to polish a blade. For an example of what these knives can do, see these links:

Final Dog Father Test Pics! . . . . Wow!!!

Here’s a link to some pics and videos of what SR-77 can do. It’s not a Scrap Yard product, but it’s a sister company (Swamp Rat) and it’s of the same steel and heat treat to show what SR-77 can accomplish.

Horizon Hood Crash Axe Test (pics & video)