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Old 02-11-2018, 08:46 AM
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Jim,

As I mentioned in the write up for the KITH the idea here is to get people to try things they haven't done before, in this case, heat treating and geometry for flexibility. This might not be the best idea for commercial fishing use. You don't have to HT to a much lower hardness to add quite a bit of flex and you'll still be much harder than the inexpensive fillet knives you find in stores. Geometry will do the rest.

I only used 440C when I wanted a stainless fillet knife. S30V is my all around favorite stainless but I [I]feel[I] like (having never tried it) it might not lend itself as well to this task. Also, remember that there is no requirement to use stainless for this KITH .....


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