| 154 CM |
A
premium grade cutlery steel manufactured by Crucible Industries here
in the United States. It is considered a high carbon stainless tool
steel. 154 CM posseses all of the qualities necessary for the finest
in Hard Use cutlery, strength, ductility, fine grain structure, and
outstanding hardening properties. This steel is time tested, battle
proven, and has earned the right to be used on the #1 Hard Use Knives
in the World. |
| Chisel
Grind |
The
term chisel grind, as it applies to an Emerson Knife, means exactly
as it implies - ground like a chisel. This means that the blade is
ground on one side only, the other side is flat. This produces a very
strong cross section for a knife blade, meaning exceptional strength,
while providing a razor edge that cuts almost effortlessly and is
very easy to sharpen. This type of blade has proven itself a tremendous
performer for hard use situations. |
| V-Grind |
V
grind means that the bevels of the blade are flat ground equally on
both sides. This produces a cross section that is shaped like a V.
This is a time tested conventional type of grind for a knife. It produces
a workhorse cutting blade and is suited for almost any application
that a knife would be called to use. This is the type of blade grind
that most knife owners are familiar with. |
| G-10 |
G-10
is a glass cloth / epoxy laminate. It is essentially layers of glass
cloth inpregnated with epoxy and baked under thousands of pounds of
pressure. The properties of the glass cloth fibers, which run crossways
to each other, along with the binding properties of the epoxy, give
the G-10 tremendous strengh, durability, toughness and create a material
that is impervious to oil, fuel, saltwater and most other solvents.
We are very pleased with the properties of G-10 and it is the standard
handle material for almost all Emerson knives. |
| Kydron |
Kydron
is a proprietary formula of a kevlar reinforced polymer. It is a virtually
indestructable handle material that is mixed and molded within the
walls of our plant. It has a "warmer" feeling than most
molded handle materials and does not have a hard cold feel, common
to most other knives. It is impervious to sea water, oils and solvents
and is extremely durable and is extremely tough. We offer it in basic
black or olive drab green. |
| Satin
Finish |
The
term satin finish refers to the grey finish on Emerson Knife blades.
This is a bead blasted finish that is then coated with any of several
coating finishes that we may use. These may include Titanium Nitride,
Chromium Nitride,Hard Chrome finishes, or Ceramic Cerracoat. The result is the same:
a grey non-reflective finish, with a coating molecularly
bonded to the steel, providing excellent corrosion resistant properties. |
Titanium
|
Titanium
is the material that Emerson Knives uses for all of the spring/lock side on all of our folding knives. Titanium is impervious to corrosion
from anything except the strongest laboratory acids. It has the highest
strength-to-weight ratio of any usable metal and has all the properties
of a natural spring. It is the ultimate material for the applications
it is used for in Emerson Knives. |
| Titanium
Blade |
Titanium
as a knife blade.
Titanium by itself is not a very good knife blade. Although it is
virtually unbreakable and extremely tough, it is not as hard as heat
treated steel and therefore will not hold a cutlery edge. To transform
this amazing material into a usable knife blade, we use a process
called vapor deposition to molecularly bond tiny tantalum carbide
crystals along the edge. These near diamond-hard, ragged crystals
are essentially welded to the titanium edge, acting as millions of
hard micro serrations along the edge. The result is a light weight,
virtually indestructable knife blade that will cut and cut and cut
with virtually no need to resharpen. |
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