I was both honoured and humbled recently to be asked to make 5 Fairbairn-Sykes commando daggers for our 5th Special Forces in Phalaborwa to celebrate their 21st Anniversary. 1994 – 2015
Stainless steels are, simply put, carbon steels with enough added alloys to make them corrosion resistant. However, there’s more to it than that because there’s an added benefit in that Stainless Steels will, generally, produce the better knife when compared to Carbon...
In its simplest form, steel is an alloy of Iron and Carbon. It can be hardened if it contains sufficient, but not too much, Carbon. Theoretically, this range is from 0.008%C to 2.08%C (by weight) but for our purposes 0.5% to 1.2%C represents a steel that is practical...
A question that I tend to get from clients is whether carbon or stainless steel should be used for the blade. I would choose a Stainless Steel for most applications. However, there are some applications where I would definitely advocate a Carbon steel blade. For a...
