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Comment by Clay Strong on November 7, 2013 at 20:17

There is the story of William Scagel traveling around in his old car hawking his custom made knives. He had a full understanding of steel hardening. He used that knowledge and a little snake oil sales tactics to survive hard times.

He knew that doubters of his knives would have to be convinced that his blades were what he claimed them to be. He would cut shavings from steel items with one of his blades. He was known to cut on automobile axles to prove the point. He knew that axles at that time weren't particularly hard, At least not as hard as his blades.   

Comment by Clay Strong on November 7, 2013 at 19:53

Thanks. I thought you would like that. This is a like new knife from the 1980s, Erick Frosts started using steels from Vikmanshyttan in the early 1900s, both in carbon and stainless. This blade is  Sandvik stainless differential hardened to give some flex to the thick blade for filleting. But, it is capable of being used as a camp knife.

The truth is any Mora knife will do this to a can, carbon or stainless, without damage, and still be scary sharp.

Comment by Jan Carter on November 7, 2013 at 19:35

Thats pretty amazing Clay.  What steel is on this one?