Thanks, it was the right thing to do...maybe not the easiest since I had to admit a mistake but it builds character for sure... and I am getting a bunch of that <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Dan

We all make mistakes Dan . It's the real men who can admit them .

Dan,

Do you also expect to have to raise the prices of the 311 or 511 since they're also SR101? Or are they pretty locked in at the current price?

Thanks,

Dan if you are reading this can I ask why you decided to go with SR101 over the SR77 ?

SR101 is one of my very favourite steels but for edge retention not toughness when chopping. For a chopper type knife with a blade upwards of 7" I'd have thought SR77 would be a more obvious choice ?

Pit,

I was thinking the same thing, I would prefer 77 for a pure chopper. But in this intermediate size I don't really know if it matters so much. Since the 711 seems designed to have less of a chopping profile than say the beefier SOD, SR101 seems like a good choice. For a 911 or larger though I would prefer 77, also to retain a better price to performance ratio.

There have been plenty of excellent mid/larger knives in SR101:


Camp Tramp (SR101-Diff.TempLine) = 14.4 oz; .24" thick; 7.325" blade; 12.5" oal

(SY) 711 (SR101-ThroughHard)..... = 14.6 oz; .25" thick; 7.375" blade; 12.5" oal

Battle Rat (SR101)…………. = 16.5 oz; .24” thick; 9.375” blade; 14.4375” oal

Battle Rat (Satin) (SR101) = 15 oz; .23 thick; 9.375” blade; 14.4375” oal

Battle Guard (SR101)....... = ? oz; .24" thick; 9.375” blade; 14.4375” oal

(SY) Regulator TT (Test Team - Full Flat) (SR101).... = 14.65 oz; .333” thick; 7.5” blade; 13” oal

(SY) Regulator MO (Military overrun - Saber) (SR101) = 15.8 oz; .333” thick; 7.5” blade; 13” oal

(SY) De-Regulator (Saber -single quillion) (SR101)..…. = 15.8 oz; .333” thick; 7.5” blade; 13” oal

(SY) Regulator Mil Overrun 6.5 (full flat - Modified tip) = 13.6 oz; .333” thick; 6.5” blade; 12” oal

Taz Rat (micarta) (SR101) = 16.7 oz; .22" thick; 7.375" blade; 12.9375" oal

Ratweiler (micarta) (SR101) = 19.8 oz; .25” thick; 7.5” blade; 13” oal

Chopweiler - (micarta) (SR101) = 19.1 oz; .25” thick; 7.5625” blade; 13.1875” oal

Chopweiler – (G10) (SR101)….. = 20.5 oz; .25” thick; 7.5625” blade; 13.1875” oal

M9LE (Full Flat - G10) (SR101) = 19.35 oz; .23” thick; 9.125” blade; 14.875” oal

M9CG (Saber Grind) (SR101).. = 20.8 oz; ???” thick; 9.125” blade; 14.875” oal

R9LE (aka: Rodent 9) = ? oz; ?" thick; 9.5" blade; 15.25" oal

R9CG (aka: Rodent 9) = 22.7 oz; .25" thick; 9.5" blade; 15.25" oal

Rat Mastiff (micarta) (SR101) = 21.7 oz; .25” thick; 9.75” blade; 15.375” oal

Rat Daddy-LE (SR101) = 21.8 oz; .25” thick; 10.5” blade; 16.25” oal

Rat Daddy-CG (SR101) = 22 oz; .25” thick; 10.5” blade; 16.25” oal

I agree . I think the SR-101 was the best choise so far for the 11 series because of it's better edge retention . However on the bigger 911 I would like to have the SR-77's toughness as I do not yet own a longer blade knife and I intend to buy the 911 as my chopper .

If the 9-11 is SR77 I've got no incentive to buy. I've already got the DF in 77. Having a similar blade in 101 would be funtastic!

Gentlemen (and lurking ladies), I defy anyone to chip the SR101 blades. My Chopweiler has eaten probably more wood than my Dogfather and done so with far less deforming of the edge. When I say "less" I really mean there has been ZZERO deformation of the edge whereas the DF edge has slightly rolled in some spots after some hard abuse. The marginal "toughness" advantage to the SR-77 IMO is more hypothetical than actual in that I seriously doubt any of us will put the blades through the sorts of torture testing that would cause the 101 edge to chip or fail. If hacking through hardened oak, maple, hickory, and other assorted woods and routinely batoning through heavily knotted pine doesn't cause chipping, there ain't nothing I'm gonna ask of this blade that it can't handle. I will probably buy any and all blades Dan decides to make from that magical steel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

For what it's worth <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I'll put it this way. SR101 is a superior steel to SR77. It gets sharper and stays sharper longer. Not that there is anything wrong with SR77, but SR101 is even better. I chopped down large trees with my Waki. It's some tough steel. I am not surprised that it costs a bit more. I don't think anyone who buys the new scrappers in SR101 will ever be disappointed. Some of my very favorite knives are Swamp Rats in that steel. My 2 cents.

You miss my point buddy, I admit SR101 is an awesome steel but for a chopper SR77 is very adequate and will lower the cost for those of us who have no more kidneys to sell ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Point taken pitman. I still have one kidney to go <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the heads up Dan! I took advantage of your mistake over the weekend. I think I should have bought more than one...