Pros & cons of Cruwear?

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Re: Pros & cons of Cruwear?

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elena86 wrote:
Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:21 am
I never understood why Spyderco decided to use Maxamet and not CPM-Cruwear in regular production.

Same here! All Golden knives should have Cruwear production versions in both DLC and stonewash in my opinion.
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Yes, I meant lightweight Native.
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Can anyone weigh in on corrossion resistance specifically compared to s30v and D2?
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It will rust a LOT sooner than s30v. Depending on heat treat D2 should be noticeably more corrosion resistant as well.
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Wish it was a non Sprint- would love to try one
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elena86 wrote:
Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:21 am
I never understood why Spyderco decided to use Maxamet and not CPM-Cruwear in regular production. Cruwear is a superb steel with almost perfect balance of properties. It sharpens like a dream, very good toughness and edge stability, more than decent corrosion resistance. My all time favorite.
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ferider wrote:
Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:16 am
A pic says more than thousand words .... compiled from crucible.com:

This is how much I like CPM Cru-Wear. My two favorite knives, sometimes carried together :)

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Roland.
I just picked up a Bark River Little Creek in Cru-Wear to back up my Para3, they make a great team. I had been collecting Para3s but have pretty much settled on Cru-Wear and M390 and have started selling off the rest. Really fantastic steel.
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Cool Roland, Millie Ti fluted with cruwear blade, selfmade hybrid?
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Humint wrote:
Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:23 am
Can anyone weigh in on corrossion resistance specifically compared to s30v and D2?
Using data from Larrin (//forum.spyderco.com/viewto ... =2&t=82616)

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toomzz wrote:
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Cool Roland, Millie Ti fluted with cruwear blade, selfmade hybrid?
Yep and thanks :). Such a smooth knife, too.
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ooo, better acetic corrosion resistance than D2? interesting.
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I like Cruwear a lot, but i like REX45 just a little more due to the higher hardness.
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Finished sharpening mine up this morning. Quite nice!
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I suspect it will also reduce pocket weight due to imminent poverty due to metal addiction
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Pro: Shaman in Cruwear is coming( hopefully soon)
Con: Still no word on Native5 LW in Cruwear
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steelcity16 wrote:
Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:10 am
elena86 wrote:
Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:21 am
I never understood why Spyderco decided to use Maxamet and not CPM-Cruwear in regular production.

Same here! All Golden knives should have Cruwear production versions in both DLC and stonewash in my opinion.
yes i agree and have asked that question several times. why maxamet over cruwear.
just wish i could get a para 3 in cruwear now without paying scalpers, or lil native or para 3 lw
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Cons: No Cruwear folders in production :(
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Catamount123 wrote:
Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:35 pm
Cool, I'm looking to get a Shaman sprint or exclusive, and Cruwear/micarta is the only one Sal has let slip so far.
There is a CF/S90V version available right now. It is a work of art. ;)
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Re: Pros & cons of Cruwear?

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But how does cru-wear hold up against maxamet? This is a knife that will get used well beyond opening boxes hehe. It may snag metal, rocks, concrete, nails, bone, and etc.
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Dear NumaG:

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NumaG wrote:
Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:24 pm
But how does cru-wear hold up against maxamet? This is a knife that will get used well beyond opening boxes hehe. It may snag metal, rocks, concrete, nails, bone, and etc.
Two totally different steels…
Maxamet is a steel that holds an edge for twice as long, twice as corrosion prone and twice as prone to chipping if it hits concrete.

All steels have three characters
Edge retention
Corrosion resistance
Toughness

Here is a good read
Pay attention to the 3 coloured number after each steel

https://knifeinformer.com/discovering-t ... ife-steel/
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