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Caly 3 in Hap 40.

I have not encountered gummy VG-10. The VG-10 I've owned sharpens nicely.


I think many who have called it gummy are typically using water stones and are comparing to availible Japanese high carbons such as White #1, White #2, Blue #1, Blue #2, or Super Blue. VG-10 doesn't sharpen as nicely ...

I like VG-10 as well, both in folders and for kitchen knives. VG-10 seem to have a bad reputation for kitchen knives. Not sure why.


Shun knives are some of the most wide spread Japanese production kitchen knives and they use VG-10 in their standard line. Because they are popular enough to ...

Sorry to bore you all, but VG10 is still my favourite steel.

Hi Stuart! Great to see you active here again.

I think we're all spoiled by newer steels with better wear resistance. I'm guilty of this as well. I like VG-10 as well, both in folders and for kitchen knives. VG-10 seem to have a bad ...

I will always maintain that Stuart Ackerman’s Serrata is the best fixed-blade Spyderco has ever released.
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I can't say the best because I have not tried most of them. It's an excellent knife for cutting fibrous material. The thickness gets in the way for things like cardboard. But ...

Put the Junction to work shaving down some kindling to even finer pieces for fire starting. Felt very comfortable in hand and the edge held up nicely!

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Very late reply. This is a go-to knife for me for so many tasks. When I need a knife to ...

Put the Junction to work shaving down some kindling to even finer pieces for fire starting. Felt very comfortable in hand and the edge held up nicely!

https://i.postimg.cc/BQG7Pd2F/20240716-185927.jpg

Very late reply. This is a go-to knife for me for so many tasks. When I need a knife to take ...

David, do you have a K390 Mule? I think the difference is probably in my head, but I prefer my K390 Mule to my PMA11 in EDC use. It seems to stay 'working sharp' longer for me.

fwiw, Cedric & Ada did edge retention testing on both the K390 and PMA11. The K390 had slightly better edge retention ...

Very interesting. I've done a lot of rope cutting and have not shared the results. I find too much variability across different spools of rope. I tried several brands. Natural fiber ropes can vary by as much as 50% diameter. If I did enough testing this would all even out in theory, but I can't ...

Very interesting. I've done a lot of rope cutting and have not shared the results. I find too much variability across different spools of rope. I tried several brands. Natural fiber ropes can vary by as much as 50% diameter. If I did enough testing this would all even out in theory, but I can't do ...

I am trying. The "add to cart" button is not working and the page was slow to open. I'll keep trying.

EDIT: Done. Bit of a struggle with responsiveness. t seemed to get better the last few minutes.

I like my D'Allara a lot. The blade shape is great and I am big fan of the ball lock. The ball provides the pressure to keep the blade shut. It's a brilliantly simple, effective, and elegant mechanism. They lockup on ball locks is fantastic.

Agree some scalloping around the scales would be helping ...

Alright, had some time to do some digging on the forum, and this is what I have found so far for the first 10. This should give a decent accurate idea. I will continue to dig through others this weekend hopefully.

MT01 - Steel: 52100 | Released: January 2008 | Quantity: Approximately 600 | $79 ...

MT25 - Steel: LC200N | Released: Apr 2017 | Quantity: Approximately 800
Released 4/12/2017. Was still available 8/8/2017. Could not find a solid out of stock date.

MT26 - Steel: Micro-Melt A11 (PMA11) | Released: Aug 2017 | Quantity: Approximately 700
Released 8/7/17. Very little conversions ...

MT22 - Steel: RWL 34 | Released: April 2016 | Quantity: Approximately 800 | $69.95
Released 4/8/2016. Was still in stock 7/18/2016. I could not find a solid out of stock date.

MT23 - Steel: CPM 20CV | Released: Dec 2016 | Quantity: Approximately 700
Released 12/15/2016. Looks like users still ...

I agree it's a great knife. It's like a larger Chaparral. Blade is not as thin, but the Sage is still quite slicey. After trying all of them except for the Sage 3, I prefer the Sage 1. Mine is quite used (not sure where it is right now, or I would include a pic).

I am not a fan of S30V and keep ...

I love the Native for the steel choices. The Sage cuts better every time. The M4 and Maxamet Sages are nice, but S30V as the standard Sage steel is tired. I think it's time to move the Sage steel from S30V to Magnacut.

I have one and don't particularly get the appeal of Damascus steel. It has a pattern. And?

I would buy one because I buy all of them. But I Damascus patterns don't have much appeal for me.

Recommendations for a good gateway drug into the Japanese Kitchen Knives? :respect

Had a set of Shun Classic 15 years ago but got rid of them because my wife and MIL kept chipping them and breaking the tips off! Figured I needed something a little more robust and dishwasher safe.

I'd like to ...