One that didn't make it to Blade...

[Jericoh]

... and almost didn't get finished at all. It's CPM D2 and it took so long to finish grind and ate through so many belts that I stabbed it into the workbench as a reminder to never work with this stuff again. Then after talking to Walter Brend at Blade about how much he liked the stuff I was inspired to pull it out and finish it up.

4" blade, CAMO G10, compound chisel grind, satin finish, heat treated, cryo'd and triple tempered to 58RC.

1/4" thick with a high grind

It's wickedly sharp and stays like that for forever. I batonned a few pieces of split oak, made about 20 tent stakes, a couple snares and then started making fuzz. It was still shaving sharp after. It won't replace Elmax as my favorite steel, but as a higher end carbon steel, I like it.

 

[sicilian767]

Wow!! Very impressive!! Your work is a real inspiration for me! Did you anneal the D2 before grinding it? That might help for next time, although I've never worked with D2 before.

 

[rhinoknives]

Jericoh,
Yep! D2 and CPM-D2 are a BEAR to work!
Technically, D2 is a semi stainless at 4% chromium. Its about as low as I go on the stain resist level for my culinary knives.

You have made a sweet looking Bushcrafter and I wish to encourage you to work more with this steel and try the CPM-D2 version as it has a very fine grain structure that gives a very durable & long lasting edge.

It also seems to have a orange peel type finish no matter how fine I have finished it?
Walter probably knows much more about working and finishing this steel than I so keep close with him.:biggrin:

Laurence

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