[TheForge] Fw: Titanium blade

[Jeff & Leslie]

How are you Mark?  Its a pretty nice knife, really.  I like their shirts.

Jeff Valentine    You and I were at the same work station at that cold 
winter hammer build outside of Birmingham.   We alot of heavy  anvil stock 
around.


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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: Titanium blade


>
>
> I looked at the ad for the free knife. (I ordered one, too.) It has a 
> titanium coating.
>
>
>
> Mark Williams
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
> To: "TheForge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:50:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [TheForge] Fw: Titanium blade
>
> It most likely really is titanium. That "hokey rainbow" should be a hint.
> These colors are typical of heat treated titanium. Titanium is 
> paramagnetic
> meaning that it will show some magnetic properties when in a magnetic 
> field.
> Also the alloy may have a fair percentage of iron which would show 
> magnetic
> properties. How magnetic is it? Compare it to a similar blade of carbon
> steel. It should seem much weaker. If it is just like carbon steel then
> your blade is just coated, like some drill bits etc.
>
> The best way to check is have it tested, but of course it is not worth 
> that.
> If you can remove the blade and estimate it's volume and measure it's 
> weight
> to high precision then it should be about 2/3 the weight of steel. (Hell,
> just put in your pocket and enjoy.)
>
> When looking at the Russian aerospace industry in my old day job -- part 
> of
> an evaluation of a possible joint venture in 1992 we visited their major
> titanium production plant. They had titanium coming out of their ears they
> had so damn much. They were even making titanium trenching shovels for the
> army. We each were given several to take home -- they were that "hokey
> rainbow" color. At that time they would have cost about $ 600 each to make
> it the USA. The aerospace designers that were part of our team called
> titanium "black aluminum". I was the rolling mill guy on the team.
>
> Dave
>
> -------------------------------------------------- 
> From: "Jeff & Leslie" <barkingcrow at comcast.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:34 AM
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> Subject: [TheForge] Titanium blade
>
>> Morning,
>>
>> I bought a couple of shirts from the Duluth catalog and was convinced to
>> buy
>> em by the promise of a titanium blade knife for FREE. The knife really
>> ain't bad for a freebie chineese knife. Blade is a hokey rainbow color.
>> has the tiny ball bearing that helps it open. I was surprised that the
>> blade is magnetic. Must be mostly steel. So my question is how much
>> titanium is there in a titanium blade? Did the chineese just wave this
>> one
>> over the pot of titanium? Is there an optimum percentage?
>>
>> Inquiring minds are wondering.
>>
>> Thanks, Jeff Valentine
>>
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