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Really big fan of S30V, it's a pretty decent blend of edge retention without being an absolute pain to resharpen. There's some really interesting specialty met
by vvanders 8y ago
Really big fan of S30V, it's a pretty decent blend of edge retention without being an absolute pain to resharpen.
There's some really interesting specialty metals out there like Boye Dendritic Cobalt[1]. I've got one of their sheepsfoot folders and it's a pretty neat for a specialty knife.
[1] https://www.boyeknives.com/pages/new-dendritic-cobalt https://www.boyeknives.com/pages/new-dendritic-cobalt
- int_19h 8y agoI actually find even S30V to be a bit overkill as far as resharpening goes, and prefer softer steels that are easier to keep sharp with little effort and basic tools, even if you need to do it more often - such as 14C28N and VG-10. But it's all very subjective. I have some S30V and S35VN folders, too, and large 3V choppers (got a couple Fehrmans back in the day on a whim). They're all great blades, and if it comes to a zombie apocalypse, I'm definitely swinging a Fehrman. But until then... ~
- vvanders 8y agoYeah, I've got a Benchmade Anthem which is easily one of my favorites(aside from the fact that the incredibly smooth action may qualify it as a gravity knife in some overly zealous jurisdictions), however the CPM-20SV is pretty hard to resharpen if you let it go too far. I probably just need to spend some proper time to learn it as almost all my other stuff is either 30SV or 154CM.