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If it isn't hardenable it wouldn't hold much of an edge, tough doesn't equal good knife steel necessarily.

I would be interested in a couple at least. I'm fine with whatever steel you decide and whatever configuration you decide.

I adjusted a couple after adding custom handles. I heated them with a heat gun then inserted the knife with the blade covered in 2 layers of painters tape and clamped in a kydex press (home made). After this if they were too tight I adjusted by heating and carefully manipulating the tight spots.

It is an improved version of VG-10, I would expect the performance to be on par with it or slightly better. It has higher stain resistance as it has more chromium. The cobolt was removed but the vanadium was increased a little and there was a small tungsten addition.

I have one but have not started ...

As someone that has done 3d printing for a long time I believe this is a terrible idea, partly because of the issue with getting the filament to stick to the steel but also from the fact that the failure rate will be very high and when prints fail weird things can happen and I wouldn't want to have ...

Halpern Titanium took care of me well. I've now got the second set of jade scales on the way. I've now got my 15V Mule to compare head to head with my MagnaMax Mule. Gotta save up a bit for the K294 (10V) Mule, which is probably a more fair comparison, but we will see, niobium is interesting. Live ...

I don't have a MagnaMax mule (yet), but I'm a little hazy on the MagnaMax Mule stats. This is what I have assumed by reading around, can the forum please correct any errors found below?

Mule Rc hardness around 63+?
MagnaMax has CATRA in the 700-750 range?
MagnaMax toughness somewhere in the ...

when will we know the composition of this steel ?


We removed the composition of the steel from the website. Larrin said that; 1) our listing did not include all of the elements, and 2) We should wait to list the composition of the steel until a formal listing in published publicly.

sal ...

Lots to think about. The time required from decision to shipping Mules takes a long time. Years.



For that reason, I don't think the pre-order system is workable.

Some dealers take pre-orders. Sometimes, so much time passes between "pre-order" and "delivery" that I lose interest and cancel ...

So I've been working from home since April 11'th due to an office remodel, today is my first day back in the office and my mules were delivered today lol, of course. I have to be patient for the rest of the day.

My MagnaMax mules were supposed to be delivered yesterday but it appears they are... Delayed, I hope. The status seems to indicate they are "on the way" but appear to be in the next town over since yesterday at 11am. Doesn't say they arrived there though which is odd...

I hope FedEx didn't loose ...

I have a K294 Mule I’ll be comparing the PE MagnaMax to. And I have a K390 LeafJumper SE I’ll be comparing to the SE Mule.

Yeah. The SEs aren’t the same size, blade shape, or anything else. But it’s what I have.


The K294 should compare well with it, I have 2 K294 Mules, 2 T15 Mules that all ...

I also have a PE on the way. Much excite. I'm especially interested in comparing it to the K294 Mule, which has been a venerable fixed blade in my collection with tons of use. Who will win?! I may even carry them together for some back-to-back cuts and testing... this is going to be fun.


They ...

Ordered, and sold out. I wonder if there will be a second run, or if instead we’ll just start seeing MagnaMax production models.


I've not been buying mules very long but I have seen where they initially put half the inventory up for sale and then weeks/months later release the rest, I think ...

Got 1 of each! I'm glad they limited sales to 1 of each type. Demand is there regardless - no need to enable the flippers.

The PE is going on immediate Kitchen duty. The SE will be the backpacking/outdoor/work knife for a while.
I think the Kitchen knife will be my motivation to finally make my ...

I wish I was able to get the se. I’m curious what the feedback is like with that one.


Honestly I much prefer plain edges but we were limited to 1 of each edge type per household and free shipping required spending $150... lol I'm ok with it, it's the first Mule offered with the SE, I figured I ...

I was able to order both a plain edge and a spydie edge MagnaMax Mule! Looking forward to getting this one!

Paul Ardbeg wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 04, 2025 9:59 am

Happy fourth to the US forumites! So for today a Golden, USA made Spyderco.

I've got the same Military 2 CPM-15V Sprint run in my pocket today as well.

This looks fantastic, looking forward to checking out the stl files. Please keep us informed on your progress.

I'm looking forward to grinding some very thin kitchen knives in it at HRC 64-65 or so.



Oh, that sounds like it will be fun to try making. A lot of people think the HRC 61-62 that my kitchen knife has is pretty hard, 65 would be impressive.


I'm sure it will be easier than the MagnaCut ...