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Our Philosophy
We attempt to operate this business according to Biblical
principals, and to treat you our customer the way we like to be treated, in
fairness and with respect. We believe we are part of a much higher purpose
and in serving you, we are also serving God. We appreciate the trust you
place with us and promise to do everything in our power to see that you are
satisfied with your experience here.
As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17
Knives as gifts
There is a folk lore or a superstition regarding the giving of a knife
as a gift. If the knife is given to a friend, money must be exchanged as well.
It is considered very bad luck to give someone a knife without exchanging money
or the friendship will be cut by the knife. Because of this superstition, it is
common that the gift of a knife will be given along with a penny, nickel or dime
in the box with the knife so that the recipient can give back the coin, thereby
saving the friendship from being severed by the giving of the sharp blade. The
exact background of this superstition is unclear yet, even today most people
will include a coin with the gift of a knife and request the coin be given back.
The apparent view is that it is far better to be safe than sorry.
What about the Steel?
Steel Element Information
- Carbon (C)
- • Increases edge retention and raises tensile strength.
• Increases hardness and improves resistance to wear and abrasion.
- Chromium (CR)
- • Increases hardness, tensile strength, and toughness.
• Provides resistance to wear and corrosion.
- Cobalt (CO)
- • Increases strength and hardness, and permits quenching in higher
temperatures.
• Intensifies the individual effects of other elements in more complex steels.
- Copper (CU)
- • Increases corrosion resistance.
- Manganese (MN)
- • Increases hardenability, wear resistance, and tensile strength.
• Deoxidizes and degasifies to remove oxygen from molten metal.
• In larger quantities, increases hardness and brittleness.
- Molybdenum (MO)
- • Increases strength, hardness, hardenability, and toughness.
• Improves machinability and resistance to corrosion.
- Nickel (NI)
- • Adds strength and toughness.
- Nitrogen (N)
- • Used in place of carbon for the steel matrix. The Nitrogen atom will
function in a similar manner to the carbon atom but offers unusual advantages
in corrosion resistance.
- Phosphorus (P)
- • Improves strength, machinability, and hardness.
• Creates brittleness in high concentrations.
- Silicon (SI)
- • Increases strength.
• Deoxidizes and degasifies to remove oxygen from molten metal.
- Sulfur (S)
- • Improves machinability when added in minute quantities.
- Tungsten (W)
- • Adds strength, toughness, and improves hardenability.
- Vanadium (V)
- • Increases strength, wear resistance, and increases toughness.
Steel Formulation Chart
| Steel |
Carbon |
Chromium |
Cobalt |
Copper |
Manganese |
Molybdenum |
Nickel |
Nitrogen |
Phosphorus |
Silicon |
Sulfur |
Tungsten |
Vanadium |
| H-1 |
0.15 |
14.00-16.00 |
-- |
-- |
2.00 |
.50-1.50 |
6.00-8.00 |
0.10 |
0.04 |
3.00-4.50 |
0.03 |
-- |
-- |
| O-1 |
0.85-1.00 |
0.40-0.60 |
-- |
-- |
1.00-1.40 |
-- |
0.30 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
-- |
-- |
0.30 |
| W-1 |
0.70-1.50 |
0.15 |
-- |
-- |
0.10-0.40 |
0.10 |
0.20 |
-- |
-- |
0.10-0.40 |
-- |
0.50 |
0.10 |
| A-2 |
0.95-1.05 |
4.75-5.50 |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
0.90-1.40 |
0.30 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
-- |
-- |
0.15-0.50 |
| D-2 |
1.40-1.60 |
11.00-13.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.60 |
0.70-1.20 |
0.30 |
-- |
-- |
0.60 |
-- |
-- |
1.10 |
| M-2 |
0.95-1.05 |
3.75-4.50 |
-- |
-- |
0.15-0.40 |
4.75-6.50 |
0.30 |
-- |
-- |
0.20-0.45 |
-- |
5.00-6.75 |
2.25-2.75 |
| W-2 |
0.85-1.50 |
0.15 |
-- |
-- |
0.10-0.40 |
0.10 |
0.20 |
-- |
-- |
0.10-0.40 |
-- |
0.15 |
0.15-0.35 |
| 1095 |
0.90-1.03 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.30-0.50 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.04 |
-- |
0.05 |
-- |
-- |
| 20-CV |
1.90 |
20.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.30 |
1.00 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.30 |
-- |
0.60 |
4.00 |
| 5160 |
0.56-0.64 |
0.70-0.90 |
-- |
-- |
0.75-1.00 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.035 |
0.15-0.30 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 52100 |
0.98-1.10 |
1.30-1.60 |
-- |
-- |
0.25-0.45 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.025 |
0.15-0.30 |
0.025 |
-- |
-- |
| 420J2 |
0.15 |
12.00-14.00 |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.04 |
1.00 |
0.03 |
-- |
-- |
| 425 Modified |
0.40-0.54 |
13.50-15.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
0.60-1.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.035 |
0.80 |
0.03 |
-- |
0.10 |
| 440A |
0.65-0.75 |
16.00-18.00 |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
0.75 |
-- |
-- |
0.04 |
1.00 |
0.03 |
-- |
-- |
| 440B |
0.75-0.95 |
16.00-18.00 |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
0.75 |
-- |
-- |
0.04 |
1.00 |
0.03 |
-- |
-- |
| 440C |
0.95-1.20 |
16.00-18.00 |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
0.75 |
-- |
-- |
0.04 |
1.00 |
0.03 |
-- |
-- |
| 440XH |
1.60 |
16.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
0.80 |
0.35 |
-- |
-- |
0.40 |
-- |
-- |
0.45 |
| AUS-6 |
0.55-0.65 |
13.00-14.50 |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
-- |
0.49 |
-- |
0.04 |
1.00 |
0.03 |
-- |
0.10-0.25 |
| AUS-8 |
0.70-0.75 |
13.00-14.50 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
0.10-0.30 |
0.49 |
-- |
0.04 |
1.00 |
0.03 |
-- |
0.10-0.26 |
| AUS-10 |
0.95-1.10 |
13.00-14.50 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
0.10-0.31 |
0.49 |
-- |
0.04 |
1.00 |
0.03 |
-- |
0.10-0.27 |
| GIN-1 |
0.90 |
15.50 |
-- |
-- |
0.60 |
0.30 |
-- |
-- |
0.02 |
0.37 |
0.03 |
-- |
-- |
| ATS-34 |
1.05 |
14.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.40 |
4.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.03 |
0.35 |
0.02 |
-- |
-- |
| 154CM |
1.05 |
14.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
4.00 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.30 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| ATS-55 |
1.00 |
14.00 |
0.40 |
0.20 |
0.50 |
0.60 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.40 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| VG-10 |
0.95-1.05 |
14.50-15.50 |
1.30-1.50 |
-- |
0.50 |
0.90-1.20 |
-- |
-- |
0.03 |
0.60 |
-- |
-- |
0.10-0.30 |
| BG-42 |
1.15 |
14.50 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
4.00 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.30 |
-- |
-- |
1.20 |
| MBS-26 |
0.85-1.00 |
13.00-15.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.30-0.60 |
0.15-0.25 |
-- |
-- |
0.04 |
0.65 |
0.01 |
-- |
-- |
| MRS-30 |
1.12 |
14.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.50 |
0.60 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.25 |
| CPM-S30V |
1.45 |
14.00 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2.00 |
-- |
0.20 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
4.00 |
| CPM-S60V |
2.15 |
17.00 |
-- |
-- |
0.40 |
0.40 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.40 |
-- |
-- |
5.50 |
| CPM-S90V |
2.30 |
14.00 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
-- |
-- |
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