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If you're solely concerned with toughness and hardness for edge stability, and not with wear resistance or corrosion resistance, just pick off of the Pareto front of Larrin's hardness/toughness plots. https://i1.wp.com/knifesteelnerds.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/low-alloy-steel-toughness-8-19-22....

I got #086 and #880. I bought one for my brother in law, he doesn’t care which number he gets. And I can find a reason to want one over the other. Anything that catches y’all’s eye about either number? Assuming it's marked 0880 and not just 880 that's the one I'd keep; I find the palindrome more in...

I got #086 and #880. I bought one for my brother in law, he doesn’t care which number he gets. And I can find a reason to want one over the other. Anything that catches y’all’s eye about either number? Assuming it's marked 0880 and not just 880 that's the one I'd keep; I find the palindrome more in...

This one today... always a struggle to use the last couple bell peppers from the Costco bulk pack in time. Diced and into the slow cooker they go.

XHP is my least favorite good steel, but I really like a couple models that use it: https://i.ibb.co/MkJscx0/20240424-151418.jpg I don't feel like either is lacking in any way because of the XHP, but I'd probably enjoy both even more if any other semi-modern steel was used. I know it'll never happe...

https://i.imgur.com/z39rMTd.jpg XHP's ok in my experience. If I like the knife in its other characteristics I'm happy with XHP. It's not a specific draw for me like M390/20CV/204P. To be perfectly honest though as far as alternatives to S30V/35VN/45VN go, I would rather see more SPY27 than more XHP...

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Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:50 am

K390 and steak marks

Red meat and apples are my go-tos for intentional K390 patina; looks great

I bought it some time ago and I'm not bored of it yet. The perfect GADA watch. “Go, Anywhere, Do Anything” https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53622345992_3c8fecc8e5_b.jpg Not sure if that's a BB36 or 41 but either way it looks good 👍 BB36 was on my short list for a steel sports watch as well but I...

I didn't buy a M2BL or a Shaman because of the blade thickness. I'm interested in the Bodacious because it does slim back down to .125". Also, you can dig up the old threads and there's a lot of people waiting for sprints, or just preferring the CBBL, or finding the thicker handle too blocky (w...

OP, you might enjoy this similar poll thread from a little while back - viewtopic.php?t=96059

For me, my answer remains BBS M390/Blue (as long as the regular production K390 and CruWear keep coming!). KJ 20CV/Blue and KW 204P/Green are also good

Just for @Wartstein, the Chap is riding along with the K390 Endura today, trying to find its niche.

... However, I recently got Sage 5 and it is basically chaparral XL (or mini manix) with compression lock. As of now, it kicked both the chaparral and the native from my rotation. ... I find myself in a similar situation on the Chap. I like it but I like the Delica 4 and Sage 5 handles better in us...

The spacing of the outer two holes is close enough to Benchmade's that I'm using a two-screw Benchmade-pattern deep carry clip from MXG Gear on mine. (The middle screw position is not the same as Benchmade, so don't expect non-deep carry to work.) Thanks for the tip. This one? https://mxggear.com/c...

The spacing of the outer two holes is close enough to Benchmade's that I'm using a two-screw Benchmade-pattern deep carry clip from MXG Gear on mine. (The middle screw position is not the same as Benchmade, so don't expect non-deep carry to work.)