abbazaba wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:40 pm
Deadboxhero wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:06 pm
One upon a time...
Thank you for sharing. I had a similar experience with my first M4 and that why it became my benchmark... It was the first steel that I truly enjoyed.
Yes, I'm often associated with down casting M4 but It's from place of experience over a period of time.
I loved M4 so much it started me down the path of geeking out hard on knife steels.
I was disappointed with the S30v puukko that was available at the time.
I got linked up with custom Knife maker Daniel Haramina in Croatia "Malanika" and would send him CPM M4 with Peter's HT with a custom protocol, Brad at Peters was very open to allowing me to be creative.
At the time, it was revolutionary since none of those knives had those kinds of steel nor did anyone know if it would be stable enough or work.
Well it worked great and the rest is history.
So I enjoyed helping get the first traditional puukkos in CPM M4 at 63rc.
Over a period of using and testing, I simply wanted more than M4 could offer so I moved on to other tool steels like 4v and cruwear that offered better stability at higher hardness than M4 could.
Dutch Bushcraft Knives really brought the concept to a wider audience with their videos when they reviewed Malanikas knives in 4v and other tool steels.
Now many makers in Europe make traditional puukkos using CPM 4v, Vanadis 4 Extra, Cruwear etc. I liked knowing I played a part in that.
I still feel Daniel is the best though.