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A relatively-new steel from Carpenter Steels, designed to be nearly identical to [[GIN-1/G-2]]. Used in the lightweight FRN versions of the [[C94 UK Penknife (DK Penknife)|C94 UK Penknife]]. | A relatively-new steel from Carpenter Steels, designed to be nearly identical to [[GIN-1/G-2]]. Used in the lightweight FRN versions of the [[C94 UK Penknife (DK Penknife)|C94 UK Penknife]]. | ||
[[Sal Glesser]] posted on BladeForums.com in 2010: | |||
''"Another steel that was specially formulated to our request is Carpenter steel's new CTS-BD1. This is, in my opinion, an optimal formualtion for a blade steel. It is based on Hitachi's well known "Gingami I" (silver paper), also knows as G2 (early Spyderco's) and GIN 1 (current Spyderco's). CTS-BD1 has been "tweaked" by Carpenter's metallurgist, Rick Gleixner and the result is very nice, and USA made."'' <ref>[http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/745237-Carpenter-Steel-Mule-Teams?p=8262034#post8262034] original post</ref> | |||
CTS-BD1 consists of: | |||
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Revision as of 18:45, 6 June 2011
A relatively-new steel from Carpenter Steels, designed to be nearly identical to GIN-1/G-2. Used in the lightweight FRN versions of the C94 UK Penknife.
Sal Glesser posted on BladeForums.com in 2010:
"Another steel that was specially formulated to our request is Carpenter steel's new CTS-BD1. This is, in my opinion, an optimal formualtion for a blade steel. It is based on Hitachi's well known "Gingami I" (silver paper), also knows as G2 (early Spyderco's) and GIN 1 (current Spyderco's). CTS-BD1 has been "tweaked" by Carpenter's metallurgist, Rick Gleixner and the result is very nice, and USA made." [1]
CTS-BD1 consists of:
| Carbon | Chromium | Cobalt | Copper | Manganese | Molybdenium | Nickel | Nitrogen | Phosphorus | Silicon | Sulfur | Tungsten | Vanadium |
| 0.90 | 15.50 | / | / | 0.60 | 0.30 | / | / | / | 0.37 | / | / | 0.10 |
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