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 Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: messer454]
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07/15/12 04:13 PM
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scrappy
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Elmax huh, I don't know much about it. It is cool to see Busse using some new stuff.
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: scrappy]
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07/15/12 04:37 PM
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Steeley
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I am all over the 460. I have been testing the Spyderco Elmax mule. It has been doing well in the small amount I have done so far. Made well over 100, probably more like 200 cuts in cardboard. Was still easily push cutting phonebook paper. The Spyderco Elmax is averaging 58-59RC, which is Bohler's recommended hardness for a good mix of toughness and edge retention. However, with this bad boy being ground so thin I think the higher RC will be fantastic.
Bussekin, the trinity of toughness. JYD #130
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: Steeley]
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07/15/12 09:48 PM
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DogTired
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Nice to see you Steeley! Been a while!
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
"A free people ought to be armed."
- George Washington
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: DogTired]
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07/15/12 10:12 PM
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Steeley
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Nice to see you Steeley! Been a while! Good to see you bro. It has been awhile. Life has been pretty busy. But I still lurk around here!
Bussekin, the trinity of toughness. JYD #130
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: Steeley]
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07/15/12 10:14 PM
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Hey at lest you're not a prelurker! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Howdy Steeley, how's school treating you?
If you’re not Paranoid, You’re
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Be a Sheepdog
JYD#105
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: SkunkHunter]
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07/15/12 10:26 PM
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Steeley
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Hey at lest you're not a prelurker! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Howdy Steeley, how's school treating you? School went well for my first semester <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />. I got a 4.0 in my math class, and a 3.50 in my interpersonal communication class. Ended with a 3.78GPA total and got Presidents Honor Roll. So I was pretty excited for my first semester. I go tomorrow to figure out classes for this next semester. I am kinda scared again for some reason haha.
Bussekin, the trinity of toughness. JYD #130
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: Steeley]
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07/15/12 10:29 PM
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Congratulations on those grades Einstein! And just think, you when you were a pink cowboy hat and pink tutu wearing kinda dude. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
If you’re not Paranoid, You’re
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JYD#105
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: SkunkHunter]
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07/16/12 03:52 AM
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Steeley
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Congratulations on those grades Einstein! And just think, you when you were a pink cowboy hat and pink tutu wearing kinda dude. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Haha thanks Randy. Yah that picture is still in my photobucket <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />.......:D.
Bussekin, the trinity of toughness. JYD #130
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: Steeley]
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07/19/12 12:05 PM
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SkunkHunter
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There have been many ask about Elmax steel. Here is an excerpt from my newest Tactical Knives magazine about the ZT 0560 and 0561. (Written by Anthony Lombardo)
ELMAX is a very impressive steel for a hard-use knife. Basically, in my testing and te testing of others, it is a stainless steel that behaves like the high-carbon tool steels but without he rust. This means it gets sharp, stays sharp,and can be easily resharpened. It is brutally tough-without the potential for much corrosion. It is quite possibly the optimum steel for a heavyweight tactical folder.
A product of Bohler-Uddeholm, the European steel conglomerate, ELMAX was originally developed for the manufacturing of high end injection molds in the precision plastics industry.
A third-generation powdered metal, ELMAX is also a high Vanadium steel with 3% added to the alloy blend.
If you’re not Paranoid, You’re
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: SkunkHunter]
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07/19/12 12:21 PM
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gun dog
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Any day I'm above the grass and I'm not a zombie is a good day! JYD#138
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
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07/19/12 12:26 PM
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Hobbes
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Just waiting for my confirmation email from the ganza to see what I ended up with. Hopefully they had enough of the new ones to go around.
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Re: Specs on ganza Elmax knives?
[Re: Hobbes]
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07/19/12 01:24 PM
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gun dog
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i want the 460 BAD....... and the KDH. and the three eleven
Any day I'm above the grass and I'm not a zombie is a good day! JYD#138
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