Glass steel: D2, What BUNK

D2 is a lot and I mean A LOT less fragile than people always make it out to be. I dont know where this BS got started that it is fragile and to hard and will chip when batoning or chopping, but it is not true.

If you have a D2 blade that has, then blame the maker or heat treater, (or possibly yourself if you resharpened it), not the steel.

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• D2
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• quietbearr

[CypressHillAllDay]

Is ats-34 better than d2

[QuietBearr]

@CypressHillAllDay I personally dont think so, but it is better in some categories, worse in others.

[spiceymeatballz]

Hey I was think about getting a D2 steel blade but I hear it's really hard to sharpen and that's really intimidating me into not buying the knife I want! Dose anyone know if that's statement about D2 steel being hard to sharpen is true and if it is anyone know of a way I can sharpen it?

[mrkackerwacker]

Does Crucible (CPM D2) cryogeniclly treat their D2? What is your opinion on their D2 in general?

[GunfightersINC]

bravo!

[sirhorsechoker]

Cardboards gonna break my d2? Haha... wtf? I've gotten comments on my video of d2 cuttin a water bottle about rusting. My benchmade 51 gets wet.. and I bat it thru moulding and small trees pretty often. Just wipe it off, I haven't had any rust problems and I've been edcin it for many months.

[heettreet]

you don't test on a rock ,,, it means nothing to us knife people ,,,,,, ,we would never ever use a rock as a platform ,,,, my grandfather would slap me if i did ,,,

[fappometer14]

Should pull the trigger on a kabar in d2? And another thing, You smoke weed? lol

[fastcamo]

Good video, as long as the heat treatment is good, D2 kicks ass.... And another poster is correct,....33 seconds in your vid-- nutnfancy made that comment

[ThePanTian]

LOL, stop insulting your viewers:-) You are absolutly right, the angle of the edge is the key. A lot of people just don´t have the sharpening skills to get the wider angle really sharp, so they do a shallower on.

[RebelWrestler45]

@CypressHillAllDay Two completely different categories of steel; ATS-34 is a stainless cutlery steel, and d2 is a tool steel. D2 exceeds ATS-34 in most aspects of blade performance, save stain resistance. Even so, d2 has enough free chromium (chromium not contained in carbides) to prevent any type of pitting if not maintained. I'd say ATS-34 is identical to 154CM in performance, as it has similar metallurgical composition, but with D2 you are going to get vastly better edge retention + strength

[fappometer14]

Thoughts on the kabar d2 steel?