maybe i'm just nuts,idk.

i cant put it into words but i feel like i get a better feel or understanding of a steel when i "ping" the blade with my finger tips or much more so when i take two blades of the same steel and lightly "clank" them together.

example............

when i take two swamprats with their 52100 and "clank" them together i get a somewhat high pitched "clink"

when i take two scrapyards with their S7 steel and "clank" them together i get a hollow "thud"

not than one is better or more desirable than the other.

i cant put into words either what i learn from doing it but i do it with every steel i have.i'm bumping 1095's into each other and 5160's into each other and so on and so on.

dont knock it until you try it.take two scrapers and just lightly clang the blades into each other and then do the same thing with two swamprats.it wont prove anything and its not scientific either.i just wanted to expose you to my madness thats all.

someone mentioned how an older busse had a different ping than the others and i felt like i knew what he meant and though i would share and see if i am all alone on this one.

its o.k. i can handle it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Do you do that before buying a knive of do you buy two knifes for each new model of your collection? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

i buy busse kin knives so theirs no way to do it ahead of time.its not something i take seriously or put any real value or meaning behind either.its just something i've noticed.

it sounds like some are denser than others.what does that mean??...idk.

just another quirky habit from a habitual knife freak while drinking and post slinging as the sun rises.

swamprats....ping

scrapyards....thud

INFI....sounds of the piano blended with the gentle sounds of a violin.seriously thats what i hear.

Yup, your crazy northern1, LOL

I never thought about this behavior...whenever I have a new blade I like to tap the blade with finger nail. I did this only to hear how it sounds.

+1! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Won't that lead to to big chips in the crinkle coat ? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I've noted that my DFCG makes a very pleasant chime if I support it by one finger at the center of mass and rap it with a knuckle... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

So we should try to make some steel music to accompanies the voice of Dumpster Diva. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

A man who's still drinking as the sun rises, now that's dedication right there!

I think that the difference is due to the handle material.

The softer the handle, the more the sound will be like a thud.
The harder the handle, the more the sound will be like a ping.

I TOTALLY DO THE EXACT SAME THING!

When I worked at the surplus traping supplies store I sold a whole bunch of the much more expensive but way better Oxhead/Iltis axes by "pinging" them and they made the best ring I have ever heard a steel make. It was like the mating call to a deer the way guys would hear that ping and out came the plastic. That is a first rate heat treat and probably like Goemon said the wood handle but the cheap chinese ones with the fibreglass handles made a soft clank and the guy had to be really really cheap not to spend the cash on the good ones.

The A2 on my SBT makes a bit nicer of a sound than the 154 HCLE which is also quite nice though.