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6 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

Its a good choice for lower price decent knives, alot of customs are made from it and really a round knife doesn't necessarily need to cost 200 bucks or be the toughest steel in the world to be good we need to remember Tandy sells to hobbyists mostly so they may only use the thing a couple times a day or less where a pro may want and can afford a better steel that holds up for serious daily cutting. 62 Rockwell hardness is plenty and it will do that if treated right.

 

I don’t think the Tandy version is 62. It bends and flexes differently from some D2 I have that are at 60-62, and doesn’t hold an edge as well. Not a scientifically tested assessment but it’s somewhat obvious.

A hobbyist using a round knife…? Hmmm… honestly, I rarely use a round knife and I spent a few hours a day on leather.

 

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52 minutes ago, scrapyarddog said:

I don’t think the Tandy version is 62. It bends and flexes differently from some D2 I have that are at 60-62, and doesn’t hold an edge as well. Not a scientifically tested assessment but it’s somewhat obvious.

A hobbyist using a round knife…? Hmmm… honestly, I rarely use a round knife and I spent a few hours a day on leather.

 

thickness, length, shape, hardness and tempering will cause those differences. Yup hobbyist's read and watch videos same as pros. 

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4 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

Yup hobbyist's read and watch videos same as pros. 

No, what I mean is round knives have limited applications for most hobbyist, and it honestly isn't the safest or easiest tool.

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But hobbyists see leatherworkers use them in videos (wrongly, if what a supposes pro once wrote here) and want one as well. I only bought a head knife instead because it was 30 % (€ 10) cheaper and because the handle was slightly less awful. Imagine my surprise when I afterwards read here that that was the right choice as head knives are for cutting but round knives only (!) for skiving... 

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7 hours ago, Klara said:

But hobbyists see leatherworkers use them in videos (wrongly, if what a supposes pro once wrote here) and want one as well. I only bought a head knife instead because it was 30 % (€ 10) cheaper and because the handle was slightly less awful. Imagine my surprise when I afterwards read here that that was the right choice as head knives are for cutting but round knives only (!) for skiving... 

Many people use the two terms interchangeably, not realizing that they are two different tools.

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7 minutes ago, tsunkasapa said:

Many people use the two terms interchangeably, not realizing that they are two different tools.

many people use the tools interchangeably also. lol 

Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

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10 hours ago, scrapyarddog said:

No, what I mean is round knives have limited applications for most hobbyist, and it honestly isn't the safest or easiest tool.

Your right but that doesn't stop them from buying the product and that is all Tandy wants them /us to do, buy their product so they make them affordable and they cant do that with top grade steel because just selling to pros wont pay the bills friend. Tandy has and always will be a seller of low to mid range tools imo and that is what started the leather craft business as we know it and what brings new blood into the craft.

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And I am grateful for that. I don't want to spend a lot of money on a knife before I know whether I even like the style and will use it. Now that I know that I will be constantly using my head knife I'm thinking about buying better quality. If I even need to once I've really learnt to sharpen it...

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Here is a link thats shows the different types on knives, scroll down to page 12, some people including myself call the head knives single or double head knife, just to add to the confusion. Its an old Joseph Dixon catalog so i think they should know what they are talking about.

https://www.boothandco.com/catalogue.pdf

Hope this helps

JCUK

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3 hours ago, Klara said:

 If I even need to once I've really learnt to sharpen it...

That is the key what you really need to know about the edge quality is it the knifes fault or yours! If you cant sharpen it correctly throwing more money at it wont help a bit. Buying decent quality sharpening tools would be more beneficial. 

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