In reply to Post #39
You could be right,
I've stainless kit that is at least 40 years old, I can't see carbon fibre or aluminium lasting anything like that time unless it's used very carefully.
If want robust kit that saves weight and don't mind paying the price then it has to beTitanium.
As Woody says all you need is a flat, even so a bit of twist would still be better than trying to retrieve everything from the lake.
You could be right,
I've stainless kit that is at least 40 years old, I can't see carbon fibre or aluminium lasting anything like that time unless it's used very carefully.
If want robust kit that saves weight and don't mind paying the price then it has to beTitanium.
As Woody says all you need is a flat, even so a bit of twist would still be better than trying to retrieve everything from the lake.
In reply to Post #42
I also bent one of my Ti pegs Pizza but woody is right - Ti is harder/stronger than SS.
Edit: I seem to remember seeing a quote from Keith @ MPS which told me Ti is X times stronger and X times lighter than SS. Can't remember where I saw it though. I'm sure it was something along the lines of half the weight and twice the strength?
Hopefully Keith will see this and share the knowledge?
I also bent one of my Ti pegs Pizza but woody is right - Ti is harder/stronger than SS.
Edit: I seem to remember seeing a quote from Keith @ MPS which told me Ti is X times stronger and X times lighter than SS. Can't remember where I saw it though. I'm sure it was something along the lines of half the weight and twice the strength?
Hopefully Keith will see this and share the knowledge?
In reply to Post #47
I have to disagree with Keith to some extent. Ultimately the strongest stainless is stronger than titanium.
I think I'm right in saying Titanium has the best strength per weight of any metal though.
I have to disagree with Keith to some extent. Ultimately the strongest stainless is stronger than titanium.
I think I'm right in saying Titanium has the best strength per weight of any metal though.
In reply to Post #48
You may well be right buddy but fishing gear doesn't use the hardest grades of stainless. It's your standard 316's etc.
You can actually get heat treated martensitic stainless (we use it at my work) which is twice the hardness of your 316's etc, but the corrosion resistance aint as good.
You may well be right buddy but fishing gear doesn't use the hardest grades of stainless. It's your standard 316's etc.
You can actually get heat treated martensitic stainless (we use it at my work) which is twice the hardness of your 316's etc, but the corrosion resistance aint as good.
In reply to Post #48
Most of the stainless used in fishing that i have seen is 304 and 316 which in my opinion isn't as strong or light as titanium.
At work we use a lot of 4 series stainless which are harder more wearing etc but suffer other traits such as brittleness, and you would be surprised as to what can wear this out.
Most of the stainless used in fishing that i have seen is 304 and 316 which in my opinion isn't as strong or light as titanium.
At work we use a lot of 4 series stainless which are harder more wearing etc but suffer other traits such as brittleness, and you would be surprised as to what can wear this out.
In reply to Post #50
Just to clarify I was only pointing out that you can get stainless stronger than titanium, obviously not fishing grades though as you and Yonny pointed out.
As I said in post 46, titanium is the ultimate for strength and lightness which I think we all agree on.
Just to clarify I was only pointing out that you can get stainless stronger than titanium, obviously not fishing grades though as you and Yonny pointed out.
As I said in post 46, titanium is the ultimate for strength and lightness which I think we all agree on.