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The scales do feel different from every other titanium scales I've ever tried. I rather like the nonslip feeling, but I can understand how some would not. The porous feeling notwithstanding, I like how it the knife feels in the hand. It is also interesting that the color is not uniform but has a di...

The scales do feel different from every other titanium scales I've ever tried. I rather like the nonslip feeling, but I can understand how some would not. It is also interesting that the color is not uniform but has a different hue in some spots, I am not sure if it is due to the texture of the scal...

I don't think anyone is arguing that price is driven by demand. Some people just question what drives the demand in this case, of course this is outside of the econ 101 curriculum. Subjectively this is not a $700-$800+ knife as is the price for the original on secondary market. $450 dealer exclusiv...

Many on the forum resent the Slysz Bowie because of the price. If I remember my ECON 101 class correctly, price is driven by demand. See what's going on here? "I can't afford one, so it's not such a great life." Or "If only it had S110V. Then, it would be . . . a knife that I still c...

On a side note I would also like for this to come in something else than m390. K390, MagnaCut, s90v would all be my preferences over m390, but m390 is ok too lacking other choices. With all due respect, you and the "It's all FOMO" people are leaving something out: It's a Marcin Slysz. It ...

I had the original, tried it, nice knife, but it wasn’t popular and wasn’t selling. Sold it for $260 all in (shipping, insurance, pp fees) and it took about a day. At the time many were hanging around on secondary market and dealer sites not selling. Then spyderco stopped making it and almost overni...

The other thing to consider among all of this too is that T15 isn't exactly a "low carbide" steel itself. In the Todd Simpson article he suggests that it might not be a case of "the more carbides the better" but maybe there being an optimal ratio. I saw this as well and even tho...

Larrin's findings on front end sharpness loss are here https://knifesteelnerds.com/2018/11/26/steel-edge-retention2/ specifically in the "Initial Edge Wear" section and also in the summary. Because the 10V knife is different I sort of disregarded it in my initial response since if the geom...

Very interesting results, thank you for doing the work. I wonder if what you are experiencing is due to how these steels respond to the particular sharpening or because T15 is harder. Not sure that it is, but likely. CATRA measures wear resistance, but the dulling you are experiencing is most likely...

This is really helpful. I only have aluminum oxide sanding belts that go from 800 grit to 1500 grit. I was going to hand sharpen my mule on some DMT benchstones, but given what I'm hearing I think maybe I'll try some diamond stropping paste on a 1x30 belt sander and see if that works instead of spe...

Got mine last night too and also disappointed at it not being very sharp. I've had experience with this material before in Rahven kitchen knives and there too i was disappointed that some knives were not very sharp, but some were sharp. With those knives another issue was that they were thin and fle...

Wow! Larrin has said that the next theoretical step would be to add more vanadium to Magnacut for higher edge retention. If this is real, I can't wait to see the toughness and corrosion resistance. I was hoping he drop some Tungsten into the mix! We don't know what's in the mix yet, but for what pu...

Higher edge retention...now I'm interested. I've been pretty unimpressed with Magnacut on my CRK. I've given it two different finishing grits (220 and 800) and haven't found it to be that great with either. Honestly I don't understand everyone clamoring for Magnacut... That is interesting, I am rea...

Wow! Larrin has said that the next theoretical step would be to add more vanadium to Magnacut for higher edge retention. If this is real, I can't wait to see the toughness and corrosion resistance. I was hoping he drop some Tungsten into the mix! We don't know what's in the mix yet, but for what pu...

Higher edge retention...now I'm interested. I've been pretty unimpressed with Magnacut on my CRK. I've given it two different finishing grits (220 and 800) and haven't found it to be that great with either. Honestly I don't understand everyone clamoring for Magnacut...unless it's one of those thing...

I have a MagnaCut deka and the blade is not soft, it performs very well. It might be softer than internet experts think it should be, but it performs well. The pocket clip sucks though. My first one broke and hogue replaced it for free, the replacement took a set to it. I didn’t abuse it just carry ...

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Thu May 25, 2023 5:18 pm

Everything I've seen so far compares it to 10v. Anyone know specifics on the advantages or disadvantages compared to 10v?

It is 10V made by a different manufacturer, there shouldn't be any noticeable differences.

K294 is identical to 10V, so you'd expect performance to be the same or similar enough not to see a difference.

Are you guys still getting notifications from the alert thread? I don't seem to get them anymore.

Also got the refund message. I am really starting to dislike Sprints :) Not sure why Spyderco is doing it this way to be honest. I understand that it creates publicity and a buzz, but on the other hand it also pisses off a lot of old time, loyal customers as well. On another note, why people can't d...