New Toy

[aussie]

Just thought I'd share my new toy with you. Picked her up today. Handmade,D2 steel, black linen Micarta scales, brass fittings. OAL 9", blade 4"long 1 1/8" wide 1/8" thickness. Made by J R Peck Australia.

[olyinaz]

Very nice.

Oly

[Mescalero]

Retired, don't have to think anymore,;
Is D2 air hardening or oil hardening?

[shooter]

That's a sharp lookin' knife (no pun intended.....well, maybe there is)

[aussie]

Mescalero, I don't know, but as far as I am aware, D2 is the type of steel, tool steel I believe.

Just found this, hope it helps.

D2 steel is a steel that is vacuum heat treated i.e raised to a high temp and rapidly cooled by a vacuum process it is an ideal steel to use for punch and dies or injection mould tools. It is a difficult material to machine and requires a special wheel for surface grinding after heat treatment. It also hardly moves during the treatment process so you can manufacture parts as thin as 2mm and leave only 0.004 for finish grinding.

D-2 is a high-carbon high-chromium tool steel manufactured for high abrasive wear applications. D-2 can be heat treated to RC 64. This grade as a low tempering temperature. Many of the common coatings can not be applied because the process temperature used to apply the coating is higher than the tempering temperature of the D-2 tool steel.

The high chromium content gives this grade some stainless properties, although, it is not classified as a stainless steel.

D-2 is used for barrel liners in the plastic molding industry, die components in the metal stamping industry, and many other applications requiring high wear resistance in many other industries.

[gamekeeper]

That's a sharp lookin' knife (no pun intended.....well, maybe there is)

+ 1...

[RIHMFIRE]

sharp lookn rig indeed...nice

[rjohns94]

very nice. looks like a perfect hunting companion

[Griff]

VERY NICE. looks like a perfect hunting companion

+1 (emphasis added)

[Birdman]

Fine looking knife and sheath.