MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
MT21P will be available for sale on Thursday, 08-Oct-2015 at 0900 (MDT)
All sales will be handled by the Spyderco Factory Outlet store online at http://spyderco.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. You will find it under model # MT21.
Maximum Purchase Allowed: 2
Cost: $69.95 each
Domestic Orders:
Domestic Shipping in the Continental United States: Standard Shipping rates apply.
Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico Shipping: USPS $15.00
International Orders:
International orders have a maximum allowed amount of $600 (including shipping fees) for all online orders. All orders over $600 must be placed via phone or e-mail and paid for via wire transfer. Shipment of orders paid for via wire transfer will not occur until monies have been received by the Spyderco Factory Outlet Store. You may contact our store to place a wire transfer order at [email]sfo@spyderco.com[/email] or 303/279-8383 x 107.
International shipments will be sent out according to our International Shipping Schedule:
Shopping Cart Total: $0-$99 - Shipping/Handling Charge $25
Shopping Cart Total: $100-$399 - Shipping/Handling Charge $45
Shopping Cart Total: $400 and higher - Shipping/Handling Charge $60
International shipments will be via USPS International Priority Mail. Please be aware, we will have limited tracking capabilities. Tracking once it leaves the US is dependent upon the postal services outside the US and their ability to provide it. However, this will completely eliminate UPS Brokerage Fees.
About CPM 4V:
Spyderco’s twenty-first Mule Team installment showcases Crucible® CPM® 4V® blade steel—a powder metallurgy tool steel that offers high impact toughness and very good wear resistance. Developed for demanding industrial applications where a combination of strength, wear resistance and toughness is required, CPM 4V has significantly more carbon, vanadium, and molybdenum than CPM 3V. The result is a steel that is capable of a higher attainable hardness and even greater abrasion resistance than CPM 3V and significantly better toughness and wear resistance than D2. Despite these advanced performance qualities, CPM 4V has only 5% chromium--below the threshold of stainless steel--and therefore must be properly maintained to protect it from corrosion.
Like conventional steels, particle metallurgy steels begin with a homogenous bath of molten high-alloy steel. However, instead of being poured into ingot molds, the molten steel is forced through a nozzle under high pressure to create a spray of small spherical droplets that quickly solidify into powder particles. The small size of the particles forms micro-ingots, drastically reducing the alloy segregation in the steel and ensuring an extremely fine, uniform carbide structure. This enhances the steel’s edge retention, as well as its grinding and polishing characteristics.
CPM 4V's exact alloy composition is as follows: Carbon: 1.35%, Manganese: 0.40%, Silicon: 0.80%, Chromium: 5.0%, Molybdenum: 2.95%, Vanadium: 3.85%.
What is the Mule Team:
For those of you unfamiliar with our Mule Team Project, it is unique to Spyderco. In-house we call knife samples designed and built for testing and evaluation Mules. We know a healthy percentage of knife users are interested in different blade steels and their performance abilities. Running with that, we released an ongoing Mule Team Project. Several times per year we unveil the same single-piece fixed blade patterned knife in a different and exotic blade steel. This lets steel-obsessed knife knuts test, try and use something normally not offered to the industry. Product runs are limited to 600 – 1000 pieces of each steel type depending on foundry requirements.
Mule Blades are leaf-shaped with a sharpened and finished PlainEdge blade but with an unfinished handle providing a do-it-yourself opportunity. The unfinished handle has a series of holes for attaching custom handle scales or for wrapping with para-cord. Each piece is sold without handle scales or a carry sheath focusing the project on the blade steel. This opens endless creative possibilities for the owner to design their own handle scale and carry options.
MT21P will be available for sale on Thursday, 08-Oct-2015 at 0900 (MDT)
All sales will be handled by the Spyderco Factory Outlet store online at http://spyderco.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. You will find it under model # MT21.
Maximum Purchase Allowed: 2
Cost: $69.95 each
Domestic Orders:
Domestic Shipping in the Continental United States: Standard Shipping rates apply.
Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico Shipping: USPS $15.00
International Orders:
International orders have a maximum allowed amount of $600 (including shipping fees) for all online orders. All orders over $600 must be placed via phone or e-mail and paid for via wire transfer. Shipment of orders paid for via wire transfer will not occur until monies have been received by the Spyderco Factory Outlet Store. You may contact our store to place a wire transfer order at [email]sfo@spyderco.com[/email] or 303/279-8383 x 107.
International shipments will be sent out according to our International Shipping Schedule:
Shopping Cart Total: $0-$99 - Shipping/Handling Charge $25
Shopping Cart Total: $100-$399 - Shipping/Handling Charge $45
Shopping Cart Total: $400 and higher - Shipping/Handling Charge $60
International shipments will be via USPS International Priority Mail. Please be aware, we will have limited tracking capabilities. Tracking once it leaves the US is dependent upon the postal services outside the US and their ability to provide it. However, this will completely eliminate UPS Brokerage Fees.
About CPM 4V:
Spyderco’s twenty-first Mule Team installment showcases Crucible® CPM® 4V® blade steel—a powder metallurgy tool steel that offers high impact toughness and very good wear resistance. Developed for demanding industrial applications where a combination of strength, wear resistance and toughness is required, CPM 4V has significantly more carbon, vanadium, and molybdenum than CPM 3V. The result is a steel that is capable of a higher attainable hardness and even greater abrasion resistance than CPM 3V and significantly better toughness and wear resistance than D2. Despite these advanced performance qualities, CPM 4V has only 5% chromium--below the threshold of stainless steel--and therefore must be properly maintained to protect it from corrosion.
Like conventional steels, particle metallurgy steels begin with a homogenous bath of molten high-alloy steel. However, instead of being poured into ingot molds, the molten steel is forced through a nozzle under high pressure to create a spray of small spherical droplets that quickly solidify into powder particles. The small size of the particles forms micro-ingots, drastically reducing the alloy segregation in the steel and ensuring an extremely fine, uniform carbide structure. This enhances the steel’s edge retention, as well as its grinding and polishing characteristics.
CPM 4V's exact alloy composition is as follows: Carbon: 1.35%, Manganese: 0.40%, Silicon: 0.80%, Chromium: 5.0%, Molybdenum: 2.95%, Vanadium: 3.85%.
What is the Mule Team:
For those of you unfamiliar with our Mule Team Project, it is unique to Spyderco. In-house we call knife samples designed and built for testing and evaluation Mules. We know a healthy percentage of knife users are interested in different blade steels and their performance abilities. Running with that, we released an ongoing Mule Team Project. Several times per year we unveil the same single-piece fixed blade patterned knife in a different and exotic blade steel. This lets steel-obsessed knife knuts test, try and use something normally not offered to the industry. Product runs are limited to 600 – 1000 pieces of each steel type depending on foundry requirements.
Mule Blades are leaf-shaped with a sharpened and finished PlainEdge blade but with an unfinished handle providing a do-it-yourself opportunity. The unfinished handle has a series of holes for attaching custom handle scales or for wrapping with para-cord. Each piece is sold without handle scales or a carry sheath focusing the project on the blade steel. This opens endless creative possibilities for the owner to design their own handle scale and carry options.
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
Nice! That should be a really fun steel to play with. :D Thanks, Kristi.
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
Awesome, Thanks Kristi, Sal and the rest at Spyderco! This looks like a fun one. Wondering however, any news on the Micro-Melt Maxamet Mule?
Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
Cant wait love my mt19
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Wish list: Manix 2 cruwear, navaja, SB delica and SB Caly 3.5 :spyder:
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
Well, I suppose I better get one as well.
Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
4V is an interesting steel from what I have seen out of it so far. :)
I think most will like it.
It's NOT stainless though so people will need to really pay attention to properly taking care of rust prevention.
I think most will like it.
It's NOT stainless though so people will need to really pay attention to properly taking care of rust prevention.
Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
guess i'll pick one up too
Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
We talking more like CRUWEAR, M4, or Super Blue in terms resistance and type of staining?Ankerson wrote:4V is an interesting steel from what I have seen out of it so far. :)
I think most will like it.
It's NOT stainless though so people will need to really pay attention to properly taking care of rust prevention.
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
I think this will be my first mule! Thanks Kristi!!!
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
nccole wrote:We talking more like CRUWEAR, M4, or Super Blue in terms resistance and type of staining?Ankerson wrote:4V is an interesting steel from what I have seen out of it so far. :)
I think most will like it.
It's NOT stainless though so people will need to really pay attention to properly taking care of rust prevention.
More like Super Blue.
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
Wow, I didn't know it was that susceptible to corrosion. I'd be interested to try this one.Ankerson wrote:nccole wrote:We talking more like CRUWEAR, M4, or Super Blue in terms resistance and type of staining?Ankerson wrote:4V is an interesting steel from what I have seen out of it so far. :)
I think most will like it.
It's NOT stainless though so people will need to really pay attention to properly taking care of rust prevention.
More like Super Blue.
Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
Depends on the HT, but from what I saw it gets dark pretty quick.Surfingringo wrote:Wow, I didn't know it was that susceptible to corrosion. I'd be interested to try this one.Ankerson wrote:nccole wrote:We talking more like CRUWEAR, M4, or Super Blue in terms resistance and type of staining?Ankerson wrote:4V is an interesting steel from what I have seen out of it so far. :)
I think most will like it.
It's NOT stainless though so people will need to really pay attention to properly taking care of rust prevention.
More like Super Blue.
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
I'll picking this one up for sure, I really like a good patina.
Happy to be part of this great forum and group of down to earth spyderco addicts, Thanks Sal and gang.
My Grails: Lum Tanto folder sprint, Sprint Persian(red), Captain, Manix 2 (M4), SB MT, PM2 M390, CF dodo, Manix2 (CF S90V),Manix2 XL S90V, Zowada CF Balance Rassenti Nivarna, Lil' Nilakka, Tuff, Police 4, Chinook 4, Caly HAP40 52100 Military, S110V Military, Any/All PM2 & Military sprints/exclusives I can get my grubby hands on :) :spyder: :) :spyder: :)
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My Grails: Lum Tanto folder sprint, Sprint Persian(red), Captain, Manix 2 (M4), SB MT, PM2 M390, CF dodo, Manix2 (CF S90V),Manix2 XL S90V, Zowada CF Balance Rassenti Nivarna, Lil' Nilakka, Tuff, Police 4, Chinook 4, Caly HAP40 52100 Military, S110V Military, Any/All PM2 & Military sprints/exclusives I can get my grubby hands on :) :spyder: :) :spyder: :)
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
This will probably be my first mule. Yay for us all!
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
I'm in.
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
Sounds like a real interesting steel, will love to try this.
Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
**** yeah! This is my type of steel!
Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
This is DEFINATELY on my list
Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
Do we know to what hardness this steel will be heat treated?
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Re: MT21P - Mule Team Fixed Blade with CPM 4V
This.farnorthdan wrote:I'll picking this one up for sure, I really like a good patina.
On my radar: 110V Military, Police 4 and some sweet Rex 45 Military action.
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Newest Spydies: S90v Ti Military, Pacific Salt and a special Kiwi.