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As Shawn stated, it takes, in my opinion, more than one test to find truth, if that's possible? We've done many tests on steels with our CATRA. Still we find questions. We've changed the thickness and shape of our test mules and we're in the process of retesting everything to verify previous rests....

I used water. Forgot to mention that. Flattening is not a good idea though. I would need the exact abrasive used in the factory as both the Fine and Ultra Fine stones are identical it is the lapping of them that sets the aggressiveness of how they cut. At-least this is the way I recall it being exp...

Have a PM2 in S110V that I have never sharpened as in still had the factory edge and have been using it as it came out of the box. Used it for cutting down boxes only. Checked it yesterday seemed dull, cleaned off the glue from the blade and yeah it was dull, very dull. Went dull faster than it wou...

As Shawn stated, it takes, in my opinion, more than one test to find truth, if that's possible? We've done many tests on steels with our CATRA. Still we find questions. We've changed the thickness and shape of our test mules and we're in the process of retesting everything to verify previous rests....

What is the total carbide volume difference between Maxamet and s125v and how much vanadium carbide does s125v have over Maxamet? Unfortunately the answer to that is not cleanly available. I have experimentally reported S125V carbide numbers from the S90V patent, but it was an earlier version of S1...

K390 outcutting REX45 despite REX45 being a few points harder seems feasible given the carbide situation. But s125v beating Maxamet despite a 5 point difference is very surprising to me, since Maxamet has a very high carbide volume. It's interesting to see such varying opinions and test results conc...

How do really know what info to trust? That's a bigger philosophical discussion. I've never used any data generated by the CATRA organization itself. Only a knife company who provided me their dataset and showed me their testing process using a tester made by CATRA many years ago. The edge retentio...

Those people were disappointed in the sharpening by the CATRA organization. They are apparently using that disappointment to discredit the tester itself. I don't know why they want to burn the whole thing down. How do really know what info to trust? Do you agree that some of the values in the chart...

Actually there is a very strong correlation between the results of rope cutting testers and the CATRA test. Perhaps your perception is different than their actual results. https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/02/11/can-catra-predict-rope-cutting-performance/ Of course my perception is different than th...

As much as I enjoy sharpening I also enjoy using a knife out of the box and not having to sharpen it immediately.

Hey guys, I just wanted to say I got my diamond triangle rods in today for my Sharpmaker finally. Best decision I’ve made yet, I’m still learning a lot but man did these things help reprofiling a couple knives so easy. Talk about scary sharp now :). I’m a happy camper now. Good deal! I want to try ...

I can't take that chart to heart. Does anyone here really think s125v is going to consistently outcut Maxamet at 5 HRC points softer? It also has ZDP beating out s30v by a negligible margin while being 4 HRC points higher. Is 440C REALLY going to cut TWICE as much as 52100 while being a point softer...

Maxamet

I'd like something slightly over 2mm (maybe 2.5) and 0.010" behind the edge. Maybe 4V and something over 3 inches in length.

Thanks once again!

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Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:33 am

Eww, is this still a thing? I'm not drunk enough to buy another CBBL!

I only tolerate the BBL on the Dodo because it's such a good knife design. Anything else gets no love from this guy.

Yeah, it's far from my favorite. Buy I don't mind owning one.

First time using the Atoma 400. This thing is COARSE. It is nowhere near broken in yet and I know things will change. https://i.postimg.cc/nLXqdz7K/20191201-141149.jpg I decided to test it using one of the easiest knives to sharpen on the planet, my byrd cara cara 2 stainless. Each pass was very rou...

I just meant one handed. I always use 2 fingers to depress the lock. My blade is far from free swinging. It does not have to be free swinging. When the lock is disengaged with TWO fingers, the blade can be "swung closed" with an "inward" wrist flick. Disengaged lock with only th...

I just meant one handed. I always use 2 fingers to depress the lock. My blade is far from free swinging.