JSumm wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:12 pm
If I missed this I apologize. From a sharpening standpoint, what does Magnacut compare to? Or what is the closest steel as far as sharpening response?
Depends on what part of the sharpening process hangs you up.
If it's the grinding to set the bevels, than that should not be an issue it's 8% carbide volume, not 30%
And the carbide size is finer than any other PM stainless at this volume and above (similar to Vanax)
Lower carbide volume + smaller carbide = easy grinding.
Diamond and cBN rule out any problems with shaping hard carbides at the apex as well.
I find some of the people that are whining about difficulty sharpening any given steel are not using the proper stones to cut all the phases in some of these steels
How well the steel apexes and deburrs will depend on the heat treatment and contrary to popular belief higher hardness will help if that higher hardness is done properly.
The design of Magna Cut makes it a lot easier to obtain higher hardness with less detriment then some other stainless steels.
In reality though the biggest factor of all is going to be the human factor, people are all over the place with their technique and understanding so that's the biggest factor which is regardless of steel.
In my experience, it sharpens very easy, like 4v, or tool steel version of AEBL.
I just hate to tell somebody that and they sit there and rub on an Arkansas stone for hours.
Should probably avoid using Stones like that for Magna Cut if you want the best performance.