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Where to get good Ulu blades?
We will be hitting the three popular ports in Alaska next week. I will
be looking for a good and AUTHANTIC Ulu knife. I know that if the blade is stamped, "Made in China" or "Stainless Steel" the odds are it's a piece of junk and made to sit on a windowsill. Is there a store or person who is known for selling good high carbon blade Ulu's? |
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www.theulufactory.com, they sell all over the state, and via mail, they are
based in Anchorage.. Not sure why Stainless makes it a piece of junk there is lots of very fine cutlery out there made from Stainless steel. wrote in message oups.com... We will be hitting the three popular ports in Alaska next week. I will be looking for a good and AUTHANTIC Ulu knife. I know that if the blade is stamped, "Made in China" or "Stainless Steel" the odds are it's a piece of junk and made to sit on a windowsill. Is there a store or person who is known for selling good high carbon blade Ulu's? |
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lots of very fine cutlery out there made from Stainless steel
No, companies mass produce millions of knives made out of stainless steel that look pretty years after they go into a drawer. The website you provided, shows the Ulu being "stamped" out of a giant roll of stainless steel. The problem is stainless steel is very difficult to get a sharp edge. And yes, it is steel, but "soft" if compared to high carbon. If a stainless blade is used daily, it will dull within weeks. High carbon will go for months. |
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The "native" ulu blades are usually made from used circular saw blades which
are usually some sort of carbon steel. Not sure this will help but perhaps there is a trade or school outlet you might research on the web. Hope this helped. wrote in message oups.com... We will be hitting the three popular ports in Alaska next week. I will be looking for a good and AUTHANTIC Ulu knife. I know that if the blade is stamped, "Made in China" or "Stainless Steel" the odds are it's a piece of junk and made to sit on a windowsill. Is there a store or person who is known for selling good high carbon blade Ulu's? |
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The "native" ulu blades are usually made from used circular saw blades which
are usually some sort of carbon steel. Not sure this will help but perhaps there is a trade or school outlet you might research on the web. Hope this helped. wrote in message oups.com... We will be hitting the three popular ports in Alaska next week. I will be looking for a good and AUTHANTIC Ulu knife. I know that if the blade is stamped, "Made in China" or "Stainless Steel" the odds are it's a piece of junk and made to sit on a windowsill. Is there a store or person who is known for selling good high carbon blade Ulu's? |
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wrote in message ups.com... lots of very fine cutlery out there made from Stainless steel No, companies mass produce millions of knives made out of stainless steel that look pretty years after they go into a drawer. The website you provided, shows the Ulu being "stamped" out of a giant roll of stainless steel. The problem is stainless steel is very difficult to get a sharp edge. And yes, it is steel, but "soft" if compared to high carbon. If a stainless blade is used daily, it will dull within weeks. High carbon will go for months. There are different kinds of stainless steel. Stainless steel is even used to make surgical equipment, and you can get a very good edge on some of that stuff. Here are German made stainless steel knives that will go months without getting dull. It all depends on what kind of stainless steel you make it from. These are among the best knives made in the world. They are a high carbon/stainless alloy. http://www.wusthof.com/main.htm I'm not saying you want an Ulu knife made from stainless. Those may indeed be junk. They may be made from stainless steel that's not good for knives. But don't assume ALL stainless knives will dull quickly. Good German stainless knives will hold an edge for a long time. I've had 4 of these knives for about 20 years. --Tom |
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Tom, I don't think so. My razor, the scalpels, and good knives are all made
from rusty old circular saw blades, not good quality stainless steel. "Tom K" wrote in message ... wrote in message ups.com... lots of very fine cutlery out there made from Stainless steel No, companies mass produce millions of knives made out of stainless steel that look pretty years after they go into a drawer. The website you provided, shows the Ulu being "stamped" out of a giant roll of stainless steel. The problem is stainless steel is very difficult to get a sharp edge. And yes, it is steel, but "soft" if compared to high carbon. If a stainless blade is used daily, it will dull within weeks. High carbon will go for months. There are different kinds of stainless steel. Stainless steel is even used to make surgical equipment, and you can get a very good edge on some of that stuff. Here are German made stainless steel knives that will go months without getting dull. It all depends on what kind of stainless steel you make it from. These are among the best knives made in the world. They are a high carbon/stainless alloy. http://www.wusthof.com/main.htm I'm not saying you want an Ulu knife made from stainless. Those may indeed be junk. They may be made from stainless steel that's not good for knives. But don't assume ALL stainless knives will dull quickly. Good German stainless knives will hold an edge for a long time. I've had 4 of these knives for about 20 years. --Tom |
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Tom K wrote: wrote in message ups.com... lots of very fine cutlery out there made from Stainless steel No, companies mass produce millions of knives made out of stainless steel that look pretty years after they go into a drawer. The website you provided, shows the Ulu being "stamped" out of a giant roll of stainless steel. The problem is stainless steel is very difficult to get a sharp edge. And yes, it is steel, but "soft" if compared to high carbon. If a stainless blade is used daily, it will dull within weeks. High carbon will go for months. There are different kinds of stainless steel. Stainless steel is even used to make surgical equipment, and you can get a very good edge on some of that stuff. What follows is probably more than you'd ever want to know about stainless steel .... In making steel alloys, Carbon is the basic hardening agent ... hardening is what alloys the iron to maintain its sharpness and Chromium is the main "stainless" ingredient which has only minor hardnening effects. Carbon is added at up to about 1 % whereas Chromium is 13 % or more ... There are three types of stainless steel ... First Ferritic ... that is the crappy stainless steel ... won't rust too quickly but will dull with use ... These are magnetic ... and cheap ... A better stainless steel is austenitic stainless steel which has metals like manganese and nickel added ... These are non-magnetic ... much more resistant towards rusting ... and can hold it's sharpened edge easier ... The stainless steel that is best in hardness and rust resistant is martenisitic stainless steel ... This is also magnetic ... but hardened with carbon ... Now High Carbon Steels are the hardest available ... without chromium .... these alloys can achieve maximum hardness (holds it's edge better) .... but these rust ... To achieve better rusting behavior, they can add some chromium ... but not as much to make it "stainless" steel ... Carbon Steels are forgable (think a blacksmith's shop) whereas stainless steels generally are not ... this allows your fabricated final product the heat treatments needed to maximize the properties (mainly hardness) you desire ... Carbon steels can also be adapted as alloys with metals like Molydenum and the like to give it better rust resistance without harming its hardness (actually helping) while stainless steels do no really have much flexibility towards increasing its hardness ... Here are German made stainless steel knives that will go months without getting dull. It all depends on what kind of stainless steel you make it from. These are among the best knives made in the world. They are a high carbon/stainless alloy. http://www.wusthof.com/main.htm This website lists stain resistant high carbon steels ... not technically "stainless" steels ... Interstingly they refer to knives with a stainless steel handle ... and a high carbon stain resistant blade ... The hardest steel would be a forged high carbon steel ... but would rust easily ... The most rust resistant steel would be an austenitic stainless steel .... but not as hard as you'd like ... Like a freestyle cruise ... there's a trade-off ... |
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Tom K wrote: wrote in message ups.com... lots of very fine cutlery out there made from Stainless steel No, companies mass produce millions of knives made out of stainless steel that look pretty years after they go into a drawer. The website you provided, shows the Ulu being "stamped" out of a giant roll of stainless steel. The problem is stainless steel is very difficult to get a sharp edge. And yes, it is steel, but "soft" if compared to high carbon. If a stainless blade is used daily, it will dull within weeks. High carbon will go for months. There are different kinds of stainless steel. Stainless steel is even used to make surgical equipment, and you can get a very good edge on some of that stuff. What follows is probably more than you'd ever want to know about stainless steel .... In making steel alloys, Carbon is the basic hardening agent ... hardening is what alloys the iron to maintain its sharpness and Chromium is the main "stainless" ingredient which has only minor hardnening effects. Carbon is added at up to about 1 % whereas Chromium is 13 % or more ... There are three types of stainless steel ... First Ferritic ... that is the crappy stainless steel ... won't rust too quickly but will dull with use ... These are magnetic ... and cheap ... A better stainless steel is austenitic stainless steel which has metals like manganese and nickel added ... These are non-magnetic ... much more resistant towards rusting ... and can hold it's sharpened edge easier ... The stainless steel that is best in hardness and rust resistant is martenisitic stainless steel ... This is also magnetic ... but hardened with carbon ... Now High Carbon Steels are the hardest available ... without chromium .... these alloys can achieve maximum hardness (holds it's edge better) .... but these rust ... To achieve better rusting behavior, they can add some chromium ... but not as much to make it "stainless" steel ... Carbon Steels are forgable (think a blacksmith's shop) whereas stainless steels generally are not ... this allows your fabricated final product the heat treatments needed to maximize the properties (mainly hardness) you desire ... Carbon steels can also be adapted as alloys with metals like Molydenum and the like to give it better rust resistance without harming its hardness (actually helping) while stainless steels do no really have much flexibility towards increasing its hardness ... Here are German made stainless steel knives that will go months without getting dull. It all depends on what kind of stainless steel you make it from. These are among the best knives made in the world. They are a high carbon/stainless alloy. http://www.wusthof.com/main.htm This website lists stain resistant high carbon steels ... not technically "stainless" steels ... Interstingly they refer to knives with a stainless steel handle ... and a high carbon stain resistant blade ... The hardest steel would be a forged high carbon steel ... but would rust easily ... The most rust resistant steel would be an austenitic stainless steel .... but not as hard as you'd like ... Like a freestyle cruise ... there's a trade-off ... |
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The Ulu knife, half moon knife in Italy, and probably a different version in
almost every other country is one of the most versatile kitchen knives, for both men and women. My Italian grandmother had a double bladed one for as long as I can remember. It's got nothing to do with men or women, it has to do with a real timesaver in the kitchen. Nothing chops things like herbs faster then one of these, and virtually nothing is better at filleting then a ulu shaped knife.. "Karen " wrote in message ... "number6" wrote: What follows is probably more than you'd ever want to know about stainless steel .... Why are men so fascinated with knives? Karen __ /7__/7__/7__ \::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.cupcaked.com/reviews ® (...and leave off the "potatoes" to e-mail) |
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