Thanks for the feedback ! I've struggled finding 440V. I4ve found an old Native 1 for 40 bucks but it was an SE version and the teeth are gone, certainly by means of a bench grinder or something like that. It's not worth it (especially since I've got the same model new and recently got one in S30V for 10 bucks with just a broken tip).BeggarSo wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:35 pmI have both Chris Reeve knives and two Spyderco PM2 in S45VN Spyderco S45 VN is without a doubt ran much harder and retains a truly sharp edge much longer. You can feel the difference on the TS Prof while reprofiling which is a must on the large Sebenza 31 to get performance out of it. I blew the tip off one of my PM2's in S45VN so that was another reprofile job.
The diamonds dug in easier on the Sebenza but tended to have a more glassy feed back skating more on the PM2 the harder the steel the more this feedback is noticed. Try the old spyderco 440V stuff sometime if you want to see what really hard stuff to reprofile is is. I had a Military in this stuff. I was so much happier when S30V came out.
I've reprofiled Maxamet, S110V, S90V and such steels already, but CPM 440V still interests me a lot, even if I have similar steels in my roster. I don't really have the "glassy" feel on hard steels, but I almost exclusively use resin bonded diamond stones. I get what you're saying though. From the random comments I've seen online (and that a GOOD source ), CRK's S45VN seems to be ran better than their S35VN, but still not what I would like to see on such a steel.
ETA : here's the state of the 40 bucks 440V knife i've found the reste of the knife is ok, but the desciption says "Average state, the blade has been sharpened but the lock is ok and the rest of the body too":