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Ackerman's project revolved around how 440c was *cast* not 440c itself. He also constantly emphasized the need for this knife to be sharpened with very coarse grits as finer grits would nullify the "dendritic" teeth produced by the cast. This is not a measure of carbide but rather how the ...

Large carbides... ...coarser edges... I still have questions. How do we explain particle metallurgy steels with relatively small carbides (like CPM M4) being so aggressive? And how do we explain this aggressiveness, even at high-grit, high-polish? Easy: it does not exist. You bought into the "...

I have just three Spyderco M4s at this point, not a huge sample size, but they seem to be more aggressive than other steels owned. Is this my imagination...are some steels really more aggressive, by which I mean, a sort of "eagerness to cut"? If so, what makes an 'aggressive' steel that w...

They are all brittle, so that is a moot point. Please define brittle and tell us about your personal experience with S30V. I own a number of knives, fixed and folding, in S30V from Spyderco, Strider, and White River Knives, as well as from several custom knife makers and have used those knives for ...

They are all brittle, so that is a moot point. Depending on the abrasive S90V can be harder to grind but this can be completely eliminated with high end abrasives like a ceramic waterstone or some good diamond like Atoma, or cbn. Even high quality traditional waterstones can make quick work of S90V....

In Spyderco's lineup? The only other similar steel, V Toku was also a sprint. That is what you are looking for.

These steels are really kitchen knife steels. They excel at push cutting on a cutting board with very fine edges. When draw cutting they get blown away by steels like S30V or ZDP-189.

Those MAP sale are pure business. The Fed monetary tightening is choking asset values.

Endura or Delica in an ultra high carbide steel. There's been some great k390 and 20cv deals lately.

I want to get a Work Sharp Precision Adjust but don't know which one to get. Is the base model good enough or is the elite model worth the extra money? I know there is also a pro version but I don't think I want to spend that much. It's not very useful. You have a very small range of motion and fin...

I want to get a Work Sharp Precision Adjust but don't know which one to get. Is the base model good enough or is the elite model worth the extra money? I know there is also a pro version but I don't think I want to spend that much. It's not very useful. You have a very small range of motion and fin...

I want a K390 knife, really just to have one, and for patina. The reality is, though, a stainless steel is much more practical for the vast majority of knife users, and plenty good in all other ways. Think VG-10 for example. Most people, honestly, do not need another steel. Then you better buy one ...

They will wear in over time but who knows if the lockbar leaf spring will wear out. I've never heard or seen of it, though everything must eventually end. I've been carrying an Endura all year and I open it just about everr day if not only to prick myself with the edge in a totally OCD kind of way, ...

Maybe be grateful for what you've got? I understand MAP hate as much as anyone but the way some guys talk down to Spyderco about the knives is cringe. You're probably not going to get much new stuff anywhere. The already fake economy is tightening and trying to get back to Earth after all the fake s...

No FOMO for me because the MAP era is dead. All I have to do is wait for a big no-MAP sale to get what I want, if anything. I buy nothing outside the no-MAP sales, knives or otherwise. I really just wait until Black Friday to buy non-essentials. It was all a ZIRP phenomenon. I remember when Spyderco...

Good to see retailers getting squeezed like the rest of us.

The age of the MAP is over. No one is going to buy overpriced toys in austerity.

What if whiny retailers were a 0 interest rate phenomenon?

REX 121....

It depends on how sharp the knife was before the cardboard. I can tell you that contrary to what you might hear, it is impossible to get a perfect edge angle while freehanding and beveled edges have inherently inferior cutting ability compared to true V edges like what you get from the factory which...

Lots of unnecessary anger towards the OP. Owning three of these knives does not automatically make anyone a flipper. Could very well be a collector or someone buying pre-need replacements. Maybe wants to keep one as a safe queen, one as a user, and re-sell the last one for a bit of a profit. (Becau...

Lots of unnecessary anger towards the OP. Owning three of these knives does not automatically make anyone a flipper. Could very well be a collector or someone buying pre-need replacements. Maybe wants to keep one as a safe queen, one as a user, and re-sell the last one for a bit of a profit. (Becau...

spydiefan01 wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:06 pm

I have 3 of these knives and only this one looks like this, horrible QC, I cant even sell this

LOL good! It's always good to see flippers getting shafted. Hopefully you lose money on this.