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Folks ,
I’ve got a knife made by a fellow named “ RAMON “ from New Jersey . He used a steel BG 42 .
Does anyone know anything about the maker or the steel .
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
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I have owned several knives of BG42 steel. I like it, seems about like S30V in my using experience. BG42 had its time as the newest greatest super steel on the knife market. Properly heat treated and ground it is an excellent steel for a using knife. Gets scary sharp, holds an edge well but isn't too hard to touch up when needed.
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BG42 is a good steel, not my favorite but I wouldn't turn down a properly made blade that was heat treated correctly.
BG42, ATS-34, and 154CM are all very similar to CTS-B75P, RWL-34, and CPM-154 these being the powder form steel versions.
As for Ramon from Dirty Jersey I have never heard of. To many makers out their to keep track of these days.
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I like to make knives from it occasionally. Worst part is the 2050 degree heat treat then tempering at 950. It is hard on your ovens sometimes.
It has always finished nice and as said takes a nice edge. You just don't see much of it anymore.
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Don't know the maker. I have been using CTS-B75P Steel which is Carpenters powder version of Latrobe's BG42 for 3-4 years now. 80% of my blades are made from it. The added Vanadium of 1.2% gives this steel a finer grain structure and Improves toughness strength and wear resistance.I heat treat my blades to to 61-62C. IMO its one hell of a steel!!!
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I like to make knives from it occasionally. Worst part is the 2050 degree heat treat then tempering at 950. It is hard on your ovens sometimes.
It has always finished nice and as said takes a nice edge. You just don't see much of it anymore.
HA!! I had to smile at this. I posted the below on this site New Years Day, January 1, 2010: Journeyman
So you have worked with BG 42 ???
Tim Yeah, but I'm just an enthusiastic hobbyist - no Phil Wilson or Paul Bos. My original oven was supposedly 2200*, but would vary 40* or more. I have 2 great 2250* units now and am playing with pretty much all of the common knife steels. I kind of blame(credit?) BG42 for that because I like it so much and needed to be able to austenitize at 2050* for 15 - 30 minutes. Anyway, what I've been doing is buying various steels and having them waterjet cut to a utility design similar to a Wusthoff parer. I then have a "name" bladesmith who does the primary grinds and I treat and finish them up. They're still ugly but really allow me to test the different variables to my heart's content. Not for everyone, but I really enjoy it.
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