unit wrote:That is fine, but understand that your statements are misleading as they imply that there is a direct comparison between the steels and that simply is can not be backed up with the data you have shared in this thread. Your statement, "....stay away from CPM S35V wich perform worse then CPM S30V" implies that S35V is worse than S30V, but the fact may very well be that you simply ignored a HUGE variable in your testing and ranking.
Well, I only heart about Ankerson's tests but did not know details so far.
But based on my tests, which is only available for review now CPM S35V performs worse then CPM S30V. You are wellcome to provide test results that will be different, but not just say that I - "simply ignored a HUGE variable in your testing and ranking". This is just words without any proves behind and so anybody can say this - I see no value here.
So let me state it for you - CPM S35V so far in real tests performs worse, but there is some unproved baseless believes that this may not be true.
For last years Crusible attempts to produce some good steel, comparable to ZDP-189 were not quite successful - I do not expect any good from them further.
unit wrote:You can test real world knives all you like, but assigning conclusions regarding steel to those tests and declaring a list of ranking without making any effort to understand the critical variables is questionable.
So far it is just you just call it critical, it is not enough for me to say that CPM S35V is in any way better then CPM S30V - tests shows that it is worse.
Talking about my effort - I cut 200 times manila rope 45 times (9000 total) testing 41 different knives over several years.
What did you done? Except you sad me that this is not enough effort for you.
Paying with words is pointless for me. Do some testing, pay some effort, prove your point - I am not interested in speech exercise.
Thanks, Vassili.