The Meat man wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:35 pm
... I honestly wonder if I'd be able to tell much of a difference from something like CPM S30V/S35VN. I suspect that these steels will be far more similar than they are different.
. I honestly disagree. I've now got a folder in Magnacut HT to 62-63, and it is so much different to S30V. I've had minor chipping issues with S30v, and difficulty sharpening ZDP-189 and S110V. I've even got some VG10 that just isn't quick to sharpen, its tricky. So I was looking for... something tougher, like Cruwear or LC200n, even 14c28n, then Magnacut comes along.
The wear resistance is way understated. It is based on CATRA, which does not account for the fact that In real life we slice things not in the middle of the air, but on a wood background often, and that impact from each slice isn't accounted for by CATRA. Edges degrade more from hitting the background than from actually slicing through the medium most of the time. Pete the Aussie has tested Magnacut at least four different times, with Spyderco Mules as well as Hogue Deka, using rope and a wood surface, and has it as more edge retentive than M390, more similar to K390 when polished at 34 inclusive.
With Magnacut, somehow, you've got a tougher and more stainless K390, though Larrin has never said that, nor would he I think. He's been sandbagging ... just can't figure out why yet. I suspect he is not wanting to state the true capabilities of Magnacut b/c it is truly disruptive to the industry. There is still a ton of S30V, S35v, S45V, XHP, knives out there that need to be sold... and the industry doesn't need everyone to stop buying while waiting for their favorite model to come out in Magnacut.