I'd buy at $230, I respect what it costs.Surfingringo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:04 amI’d be curious to know what percentage (street price) cost increase it would create in a typical spyderco. 25-40% might sell. Over 50%-60% probably wouldn’t. Imagine a $130 Waterway with Vanax selling for $170-$180. I think that would probably sell...especially in a sprint. A $130 Waterway that had to be pushed to $230 to cover the cost of the steel? Not so much.Deadboxhero wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:55 amCost per lbs is extremesteelcity16 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:33 amSurfingringo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:23 amI managed to get my hands on some more of this unobtanium called Vanax! Our local blade master Chad Kelly is making me an insane custom Vanax Waterway right now. I promise to update with pics soon!
My two Vanax test fillets are still going strong and this remains my favorite stainless steel by a long shot. 100% rust proof and edge performance is remarkable. I took my primary fillet knife down to 10dps and edge retention saw a big improvement. Fish cleaning of large fish is tough on edges. Heavy bones, heavy scales and slimy unstable media means plenty of lateral forces on the edge. No edge damage even at that low angle. Very very impressive!
Very cool Lance! Do fillet knives have any flex to them? How much flex if any do you prefer in a filet knife?
I wonder if a Catcherman sprint/flash batch in Vanax would be possible if the they start making more of this stuff.
Why is it so hard to obtain? You would think that if Spyderco decided to do a special sprint series for Vanax in all of their Seki Salt models in the way they have done a ton of the Seki models in Hap40, V-Toku, etc, maybe they could get a large enough order in? I would think the demand would be very strong, especially if they throw in some models like the Catcherman and Spyderhawk.
To buy a small piece of Vanax to make ONE knife it costs me ~$50
That's just for a cut off a bar of steel.
Not including time, consumables, skilled labor and r&d.
52100 for the same size is $3 when bought in bulk
That is why you do not see Vanax in production knives even in bulk the price is exponential.
That is why custom knives cost what they do in fancy steels.
This is also why Spyderco is so Epic with what they do. They would save more money not being steel junkies and sharing all these wonderful steels.
So Spyderco is a passion as well.