[TheForge] Titanium

[Andrew Vida]

Chuck Robinson wrote:

> The knives are also treated with a special hardening process, but being 
> an old fart, with failing memory , I can't recall how it is done.

	Old fart here as well...

	As I recall, Ti alloys such as 6-4 respond to solution treatment as 
well as precipitation hardening and aging.  I would imagine that they 
could also be goated with carbo-nitride to lend abrasion resistance at 
the surface.