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William Henry is now making a new line of automatics with some new twists. A new blade material is being used that has a HRC rating of 67!!! It's called ZDP-189. These are also in titanium frames. Very cool but pricey. Here's a sneak peek.
Here is the "blurb":
William Henry has long been respected for their uncompromising quality in folding knives. Now Willim Henry has decided to make a limited quantity of AUTOMATIC FOLDING KNIVES. Willim Henry will be crafdting limited runs of automatic knives in very small numbers at extended intervals. In laymans terms that means that these william Henry automatic knives we are offering here are the VERY FIRST of a line that will be few and far between. All of the new William Henry automatic Knives will be serial numbered, come with a certificate of authenticity with all of the specs and the completion date and come in a full grain leather pocket pouch with spring clip embossed with the William Henry Logo inside a velvet lined hinge top blue leather covered precentation box. William Henry knives are known for attention to deatail and quality and these automatic folders are no exception. A great gift for yourself or someone special and a doosy of a collectable!
In addition to the above the B10-A100 Features a concernticly grooved titanium frame. Overall length: 6.15 inches / Closed length: 3.50 inches / Blade Length: 2.65 inches / Frame Material: Aerospace grade TITANIUM / Blade : ZDP-189 HRC 67
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William Henry's are great knives as far as the folders go but I just can't handle the price tag on them. I watched on ebay for 6 months trying to find one at what I considered affordable and never got one.
ZDP-189 claims a R[Rockwell] C[Cscale] 67 hardness rating.
Carbon is 3% [this is VERY high] almost cast iron level
Chrome is 20% [also very high, usually such levels are "surgical" [like bed-pans]
Molybdenum and Vanadium are both more normal. Common sense would indicate it would be "glass brittle" and hard to sharpen but why would anyone make a knife from a material with those qualities A strange composition I'd like to hear more about.
Vagrant. I found out more about this RC 67 steel that WH uses. Their blades are a laminated construction like the Iskilstuna Puukko blades. The outer laminate is a softer more forgiving stainless steel than the ZDP-189.
If you look closely to the picture above you can see the demarkation line on the blade.
“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.”
A strange composition I'd like to hear more about.
