Material
- Stainless Steel: Some stainless steel alloys are good for cutlery.
- Cobalt: Cobalt is a very hard metal, but brittle unless combined with other metals to make an alloy.
- Molybdenum: Molybdenum is a strong metal with high flexibility. When they are properly hardened, they can be as hard as Cobalt while still maintaining there malleability. They can be combined with Cobalt to create an alloy with high strength and durability.
- steel. cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium, chromium, tungsten
Shaping
- Casting: Liquid metal is poured into a mold. If properly hardened, it can be durable, but will not hold the edge as long as a forged shear
- Drop Forging: A weighted mold is dropped with great pressure on to a hot bar of steel. The alloy is pounded into a desired shape which makes the metal more dense. The blade holds an edge longer and is more malleable.
- Compression Forging: The metal is crushed into a desired shape, yielding a highly dense metal. Compression Forging makes it possible to have a lighter shear with tremendous strength.
Other
- titanium coating, super mirror finish, triple annealed, vacuum & sub-zero tempering