Hey Sal, any plans for CTS BD1N?

[foofie]

Also excited!
Just in case anyone else is as confused as I was:https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/detail ... eight/1201

[p_atrick]

Well boys, it's 2019 and we are finally getting some CTS-BD1N!

Para 3 lightweight!

I haven't been this excited in a long time.

Makes me wonder if the FRN Sage will be in BD1N as well.

[DaveD]

Do we know yet what the RC hardness will be on the para3 LW?

[p_atrick]

Well boys, it's 2019 and we are finally getting some CTS-BD1N!

Out of curiosity, what stones would you use for BD1N? It's a simple steel, relatively speaking, but would a high harness require your CBN stones?

[Deadboxhero]

Well boys, it's 2019 and we are finally getting some CTS-BD1N!

Out of curiosity, what stones would you use for BD1N? It's a simple steel, relatively speaking, but would a high harness require your CBN stones?

Negative, it's Chromium Nitride rich. CBN isn't need to shape Nitrides. That's the beauty of BD1N and other Nitrogen steels. However I do feel I get a cleaner cut with bonded CBN/diamond which results on a slightly crisper edge in my experience but it doesn't replace practice with sharpening, only enhances.

[Deadboxhero]

I'm very excited about the para 3 LW

[ZrowsN1s]

I'm very excited about the para 3 LW

Same here man, the only way they could have hit this out of the park more for me would have been a different color frn. But black has more mass appeal I guess. Excited to put BD1N to work :D

[GarageBoy]

Is there anything BD1 does better than BD1N?

Seems unfortunate that Spyderco got Carpenter redo Gin 1, only for a few models to emerge with it

Also, the bd1,BD1N,bdz1 naming is nuts, considering they're not that similar (?)

[sal]

Hi GarageBoy,

We use quite a bit of CTS-BD1N.

sal

[Doc Dan]

Yes and it is good stuff.

[GarageBoy]

Hi GarageBoy,

We use quite a bit of CTS-BD1N.

sal

I've noticed that am excited, but seems like plain bd1 has been relegated to polestar/raven and relatives

[Woodpuppy]

I’ve only used BD1 in the Squarehead, but I’ve enjoyed it quite a lot. Sticky sharp!