Jun 7, 2002 · rock drills in mines use tungsten carbide bits inserted into the steel shank of the drill using a thin sandwiched sheet of bronze (a little like the composite blades of kershaw.) the bits are sharpened with a bevel angle of 90 to 120 degrees. no reason why you can't make a knife or axe using tungsten carbide. question is how effective will it be? i know that it wears …

Apr 11, 2022 · Tungsten carbide is used in drill bits, extremely durable stuff. ... Knives-Torino-Recoil-Lock--138636 ...

Jul 6, 2009 · The way tungsten carbide is usually made seems like it would transform into a poor blade geometry. Unlike a machine tool cutter, knives obviously benefit from thinner and significantly more acute cutting edges. Sintered makeup typical of tungsten carbide might be more prone to microchipping, leading to reduced performance rather quickly.

Oct 27, 2009 · I made a knife in the same manner as the OP, using a carbide tipped planer knife. the geometry is thick, and I cant get it supper sharp, but it works ok I am also in the middle of a project with a custom formed piece of WC, in a tougher grade, ill let you know how it turns out.

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Jan 20, 2016 · Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has any experience with Sandrin tungsten carbide knives? They are very expensive, and they have quire enticing descriptions, but the technical specs and aesthetics are quite awesome. Performance characteristics (according to website):-can cut single red blood cells (edge thickness of 0.0003")-71 HRC

Jun 9, 2015 · I used to work with tungsten carbide. Very large cubic hydraulic presses (for making diamond drill bits for oil drilling). Tungsten carbide is heavy, dense, and brittle. When the press would blow up at a million pounds per square inch, we dealt with lots of tungsten carbide shards. Sharp as shattered glass.... and just as brittle.

Nov 20, 2004 · One set of tools I got from them back during the 9-11 era was a bunch of those Tungsten Carbide sharpening tools. During the early to mid 2000s the TC sharpening tools were getting a lot of trash talk and many guys said that the Tungsten Carbide tools actually damaged cutting edges. However a few people swore by them

Nov 24, 2010 · The tungsten carbide pull-throughs, due to their 'unique' scissor-like arrangement of hard-edged inserts, are far more damaging to an edge. Most or all of the ceramic or diamond pull-throughs I've ever seen (I have some) use round rod-type inserts. Not nearly as damaging, because they don't grab and pinch like the 'scissors' of the carbide ...

Dec 30, 2017 · Tungsten tight grain/smooth round blanks can be bought, but they are $$$$$. There are several pull through gadgets that offer tungsten, but they are usually a sharp point or corner resulting in removing way to much metal. I was wondering if a smooth carbide rod would remove to much metal or even put a wavy edge on knives.