yea, it says the blade is 1045 carbon steel, but im curious is it fully functional?
1063733
Actually it is! It's quite heavy and durable. I went through a 3-4 inch tree stump pretty easily. I also swing it quite often to practice sword stances. Just be sure to keep it maintained if you get one. That also helps with the durability.
1063734
I was curious about that to but when I when the blade the hilt and gaurd were functional so it's worth it
1594329
I am certainly no metallurgist, But this blade is listed as a 4116 "Stainless Steel". So to my knowledge, all Stainless Steel is made up of some type of Carbon and Chromium to prevent metal from getting corroded. Now the exact amounts of Carbon or type, I am not sure of. Lets do a Wiki on this... "4116 Stainless Steel: A fine grained, stainless steel produced by Germany's ThyssenKrupp. Often used for medical devices and food processing, the steels Carbon and Chromium content give it a great degree of corrosion resistance, as well as strength and edge retention. 4116 Stainless Steel has a Carbon Content between 0.42-0.55 and it's Chromium content is between 13.8-15." Hope that helps
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Yes it is. It's 1095 high carbon steel. Holds an edge extremely well. Very durable. And In my personal opinion is one of the best steels out there. It's the only type of steel ill use. ESEE provides a no questions asked life time warranty. Can't go wrong with any ESEE knife or tool.
2006468
I did not answer this right away because I was not 100% sure of the answer. I did look it up in the instructions booklet and the blade is stainless steel! It is a great tool I like mine more all the time.
948815
Mine says 4138 SS on the blade, which I assume means it is stainless steel. Mine is easy to sharpen on a stone though, and holds a pretty sharp edge. Great utility knife, I have even skinned a few rabbits and squirrels it.
1858747
It states "Carbon steel blade". Carbon steel includes mild steel. Mild carbon steel (as it is referred to) contains .05 - .29% carbon. Medium carbon steel is from .30 - .59%. High carbon steel is from .60 - .99%. Ultra high carbon steel is from 1.00 - 2.00%. Steel is considered carbon steel up to 2.1%. So, unless the manufacturer would like to specify a little better, It's a little hard to discern the amount of carbon in the blade/steel.
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The blade is made of 9Cr18MoV which is similar to 440B except with a little added molybdenum and vanadium for grain refinement. It sharpens up pretty easily and takes a super keen edge. Hopefully you will get a better one than I did tho, because the first one I purchased came with a cracked blade.
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"High Density Chromium Cobalt Carbon Vanadium Stainless Steel Blade" <<<< from the description. Definitely Stainless Steel
1898521
Elaine, sorry for not giving you a better answer the first time. I can factually say that: the blade is a very, very heavy duty stainless steel I am not sure aboutthe 440 part. This is a stout and rugged heavy tool. It will hold a sharp edge for quite awhile. You will have to sharpen it if you but it. It is well worth the priceand I would not take 3X the money for it. It is an altogether well made tool and does quite a job.....
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It is 65Mn. With a Rockwell of around 58-60 I think (but I am not sure on the latter. Anyway the blade is darn good for the price. I have used the heck out of mine for heavy woodcraft when camping and hunting and it stands up very well. Maybe not the best blade on the market--but it may be the best (or at least in the top 3) at this price point. It will do the job as well or better than some blades that are far more expensive.
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I honestly wouldn't know, I would think that would be fine. its 1095 carbon steel so it will rust which makes sense to put it on top of the coating but like I said I wasn't impressed when I received mine and returned it the next day. There are so many good knives out the and for the money you'd pay for this one you can get a lot of knife. I added in some more money and went with an ESEE 6 instead.
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It's not 1045 high carbon steel. Recommend the military issue 18' Ontario machete for chopping wood or zombies. Although if you want a light weight machete for weed whacking then the Tramontina will do fine. Again it depends on the job you have in store. I like both machetes. The
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Blade says "440C Stainless China." Based on that and the price, I would say probably.
657621
It depends on what you mean by functional. It is full tang and decent steel. But I wouldn't try to cut anything thick with it.
1914034
According to the spec. sheet " http://www.unitedcutlery.com/Specsheets/uc2934-web.pdf " It is 1060 carbon steel. with that being said, check my review of it. I gave it 3 stars due to the lack of proper spring in the blade. it seems the manufacture quench hardened it decently but they way over tempered it to the point where it lost most of its spring.
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It's 1055 high carbon steel. Not bad for a budget tomahawk. High end axes use the same steel, and it retains a sharp edge after constant use.
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It's 1050 or 1055 high carbon steel. Lightweight thin blade. Pretty strong though, I've chopped with as hard as I could on some old, dry, hardened dead wood and thrown 50-100 times, all after normal use clearing brush (5-6 times at least) and it's holding up well. With the exception of some light chipping/damage initially (sometimes bits of the hardened edge chip off initially) it's held up well. Fun to throw, might destroy the handle eventually but the blade is undamaged from the throws SO, IN SUMMARY IF I HAVEN'T BROKEN IT YET, IT'S A GOOD CARBON STEEL ALLOY.