They are very wear resistant steels due to to the large carbide volume. The one draw back to these steels is that they are prone to chipping.
Hoss
They are very wear resistant steels due to to the large carbide volume. The one draw back to these steels is that they are prone to chipping.
Hoss
Devin or Larrin, sorry if this was covered, but I just didnt have time to read all 13 pages right now. Opinion and ranking on R2 like in a Hiro Itou. I know it is one of my favorites at this time, if not my most favorite that I have used.
Does anyone have the chemical comp for R2?
Hoss
Larrin wrote this on ITK a couple of years ago
11-23-08 15:47.12 - Post#1693024 ***
****In response to Gator97
R2 and ZDP-189 are in the same class in that they are both going to be high wear resistance powder metallurgy grades. ZDP-189 and Cowry-X are both oddities in that they are stainless steels that can reach extreme hardness (they are the only ones I know of capable of 70+ Rc). R2 could have smaller carbides, as ZDP has a lot of carbide. I would choose between knives instead of steel in this case. If you ever had a choice between the two then I would think about it a little longer.
"So you want to be a vegetarian? Hitler was a vegetarian and look at how he turned out."
Devin, same as SG-2 steel! R2= SG2....I'll post a new thread explain why!Originally Posted by DevinT
Charles ***[All statements I made here only my personal opinion and nothing more!]*** & Please bare with me for my crappy English!!
Does anyone have the chemical comp of SG2?
Hoss
SG2= Powdered VG10
"So you want to be a vegetarian? Hitler was a vegetarian and look at how he turned out."
Gator has this for SG2: http://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelchart.php?snm=SG2
It looks like a cousin to S35VN.
Hoss
No Niobium.
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