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JohnAPA wrote:Steel junkies and sharpening junkies are the most important reasons why I come here. Thank you gentlemen.

Yup. I love these kind of threads. They do tend to lead to some expenditures, though : )

Jim, if cardboard cutting was an Olympic event, you'd be drug tested for PEDs! : )

MacLaren wrote:Was just wandering if we may see one since the Manix 2 has S110V. Talking regular production.

Have resisted the Manix2 S110v for this, hopefully in near future.

I giggled when I saw your pile of cardboard. Too bad I passed on this one. Might have to reconsider.
What do you think will happen with Spyderco's 10V if they hit the HT right? Advantages over S110V?
Thinking about the K2 :)

razorsharp wrote:Items quiver in fear at the sight of it and cut themselves :eek:

we need a sticky with best quotes in this forum!

Beautiful knife btw! Wish I had the skilz but I'll probably just mangle my Southard and start crying.

I've dropped and scratched my Techno. It now sports a polished blade (as I didn't like the look of a big scratch on the stonewash).
If your Techno belonged to me, it would now be sporting some polished Ti scales to match.

Making it so hard to resist! Must...not...give...in!

Thanks for the effort, as usual, Jim.

Senorsquare- awesome postmortem photos. Was passing on this nice knife but may need to reconsider. Now that the destructive hard use test is done, waiting for Jim's wear test.

Philo Beddoe wrote:If you like it that much you should try out the cf/s90v xl.

Like turned to love after installing a deep pocket clip on mine.

Donut wrote:Judging by him saying that he wants one makes me think that it isn't something he has possession of.

I believe someone has done a bladeswap already. Maybe used one of those pictures?

Eitherway, does look nice!

Green PM2 arriving today. Tuff in a week or so. Woohoo!

Ankerson wrote:Although I would still like to see something like a Military in CPM 154 one day.

What attributes of CPM 154 makes you fond of it? How different is it from 154 CM? I know you've mentioned your liking of this steel in the past.

...and yes on sprint, voted for K294 as I don't have any of that yet.

Cliff - the problem is just as I thought it might be...I simply know too little!

For clarification (ignoring influences of design, heat treat, etc):

Hardness would affect rolling / denting.
Toughness would affect fracture.
Carbide volume would affect wear.

Thanks as usual.

It has many : -easier to grind -easier to finish -higher obtainable hardness It could thus be used where 3V is rolling due to lack of hardness, or is not being used because it is to difficult to maintain (grind/finish). Cliff - if 3v is tougher and has better edge retention (not sure about that act...

Thanks for the info. Sounds like it doesn't have any advantages over 3V.
wish Spyderco made more offerings in this stuff.

Hello

So I was looking into the Tuff and it's 3V steel. While trying to research the steel, I came across the usual heavy comparisons to Infi but once in a while to something called Sleipner. Can't find as much info on this steel. Any thoughts?

Cheddarnut wrote:The I'll-trade-my-kidneys-for-blank board. Sometimes see them go for just under a kidney and gallbladder, if youre lucky.

A gallbladder has no value. : )
Certainly wouldn't give up a kidney for it. Always a better sprint around the corner.

Most confidence inspiring rock solid little big knife I have.

The southard is as perfect a knife in fit, finish, and solid feel as I have. No play what so ever (and I'm not being gentle when checking.) Same as techno. My domino actually feels a little less solid in that I can get some side to side play if I really tried.

What kind of finish did it have? Bead blasted blades of just about any composition will develop surface rust spots from my experience. Not bead blasted. The normal BM minigrip finish. Rust started at thumb stud so figured probably from screws but did spread to blade. I actually rusted my GB while s...