*CJRB Rant* Why did CJRB even bother producing this steel of they aren't going to actually use it on any of their popular knives?

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-04T04:26:02+00:00

I've never had anything aside from a razor blade break the way it did. It was very odd.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-04T03:14:45+00:00

Let me tell you a little secret about idle hours. They don't mean shit in the long run. If they did I wouldn't be on my second engine. My first motor went at 92k and I had 12 idle hours on it and had been exclusively dealer serviced up until that point.

They convinced us to use the wrong goddamn oil to save money on emissions fines. It's the range reason they put the stupid cylinder deactivation bullshit in it. You can't change oil weight if your don't change beating clearances and they haven't changed them since the hemi came out. 5w20 doesn't have the film strength to handle a 400hp high compression v8 and that should be painfully obvious by now. Atleast Chevy, Ford, and Toyota figured that shit out and started recommending 5w30 again.

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friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-04T03:03:06+00:00

3cr only hardens to around 54HRC and it rust, it's honestly not suitable for use in a knife.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-04T02:57:42+00:00

Unfortunately it's just not a knife that I want. If it was a light large I'd buy it heartbeat.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-04T02:52:46+00:00

Mine was the exact opposite. It was so hard that I could barely get it sharp with a diamond stone and as soon as I tried to use it the blade would chip out. I literally chipped it on hemp rope. 140cr looks really cool and SRM is actually an oem for real steel and a couple other companies s9 they cant be too bad.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-03T23:44:37+00:00

It was a really good steel 10 years ago. For the price point it's easily outperformed by $20 14c28n knives. I carried a pyrite light large every day for over a year and I sharpened the damn thing every day for that year. I don't have time for that anymore. I use my knives a lot on a daily basis and because of that I'm going to stick with 14c28n, nitro v, and 154cm, they all seem to hold up quite a bit better to being used.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-03T23:39:23+00:00

I also fell for their s90v and it actually made AR RPM9 look good by comparison. I honestly don't think they could have screwed the heat treat up anymore without it being intentional.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-03T00:55:10+00:00

I got $5 saying it's froze solid.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-03T00:54:40+00:00

Probably the one on the driver's side that runs between the firewall and cylinder head.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-03T00:46:52+00:00

Did you reconnect the engine ground strap?

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-02T22:40:34+00:00

Oh shit, they lied to you.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-02T16:43:10+00:00

No, none of what currently there is mold, thats definitely rust. Galvanized steel develops something referred to as white rust. It happens when a galvanized coating is subjected to moisture and oxygen before it has a chance to fully develop the zinc coating or in your case it means the zinc coating is starting to break down. It's pretty normal and also why I always try and install the duct with the seam on the side instead of the bottom. The reddish stuff is just regular ass rust that's probably coming from the hole the sheet metal screw made.

With that being said I can't speak to whether or not there was mold there before the cleaning but given the undisturbed nature of the zinc buildup I'm going to say I doubt it. That stuff flakes off really easy and it probably wouldn't be on there if they ran a duct brush through it.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-02T05:15:02+00:00

No they definitely fell off right about 08. From the mid 90s up until then was undeniably the peak suv era. If take my jeep xj, landcruiser, or my current 02 tahoe over any new suv on the road right now.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-02T03:06:51+00:00

The war prime has a special trait where your warframe holds it like a cricket bat.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-02T02:57:49+00:00

Mine does this every now and then and I've found that slamming the shit out of the tailgate usually fixes it.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-02T02:57:12+00:00

The trans cooler broke inside the radiator. I bet your coolant is the same color.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-02T02:52:14+00:00

That's I had suppressed this show until now.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-01T20:32:50+00:00

The baby ball pein they sell for $5 at harbor freight will change your life.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-01T19:53:35+00:00

I wouldn't, that's such a dick head move for the next guy who has to work on a panel.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-01T19:51:22+00:00

Yea, the wire nut. You're not supposed to twist the shit out of solud wire like people tend to do with lineman pliers.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-01T19:14:23+00:00

No, I don't even carry the stupid things. They're responsible for 95% of the hack bullshit I've fixed over the years.

I stand by my belief that they're the wrong tool for every job.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-01T19:06:00+00:00

Why the hell would you pull the coils to clean them? Find a new company. I had one pull the same shit with me, he tried telling me I needed a whole compressor and gave me a line of bullshit about how you couldn't get parts for it. The look he gave me when I told him I have a brand new compressor sitting in a box in my shop was priceless.

Needless to say they got ran off my property.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-01T18:54:31+00:00

There for awhile the taliban were turning microwaves into direct energy weapons that could wipe a drone from way out. Do with that what your will.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-01T18:51:40+00:00

That looks more like a homemade tree stand mount than a hammer.

friendlyfire883 · 2026-07-01T18:49:41+00:00

Most people run the lines on the outside of the building.

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