High Performance Delica Excitement
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
Somewhere up in Heaven, Cliff Stamp is smiling. He had been advocating a 'performance line' for a while, hopefully it sells well and we see more performance models coming.
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
Too bad they couldn't use K390. I think a compromise steel would have been nice. Many of us are underwhelmed with VG-10.
Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
Said it before: But I think VG10 is perhaps one of the best choices here and really not "underwhelming" imho.
Takes a very sharp and very fine (if desired) edge really easy.
Is perfectly suited for experimenting with the edge angle on this thin behind the edge blade: For one it is quick and easy to apply different angles, and then it is also pretty easy to repair the edge (chips, rolls...) if one goes too far with "experimenting"
I really would not want this thing in K390, this would take out a lot of the fun for me. Rather something easy to sharpen and modify, even with not the best equipment and/or skills.
Just my 2c of course, I know many would have liked it to come in K390!
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- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
It would have been cool if this would be in CW or 52100, but I suspect everyone has their own opinion of what steel they’d like a high performance version in. I’ll still pick up one in vg10 and hope they sell well enough to experiment with different steels.
Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
I think VG-10 is the best choice. Would be great if we could get a Para 3 LW in BD1N with this grind.
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
If you like lc200n then you should love vg10. If it helps you could pretend it is a new, limited edition steel that outperforms lc200n in all ways except corrosion resistance. Maybe call it Truwear.
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
VG10 at least allows us to test directly against the standard Delicas.
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
If you're excited about the grind but let down by the steel, just keep in mind this idea may never happen again if this thing sells poorly. I'm sure most of us would love to see a "better" steel, but it has to start somewhere. Maybe one day we'll see higher end stuff if this version is received well enough.
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I'm at a point where I'm absolutely fine with VG10. It's the only steel that I've been able to whittle hairs with (ok, I only tried once). I think it's a cool thing for Sal to do regardless of what kind of steel it ends up with
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
This ^
I think VG10 will make a great first steel to try this concept with
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I thought narrow VG-10 had a reputation for being chippy? (Kitchen knives w/ high bevel for ex).
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No. VG-10 is not a chippy steel... it's more tough, which is what makes it a good steel for kitchen knives with thin blade stock and bevels. It allows the steel to be easily straightened (steeled) for kitchen use before cutting. At least that's my impression and experience. I don't particularly like VG-10 for thicker blades, but for thin kitchen knives it works very well. So I think in this "high-performance" delica it would work well assuming there is thin blade stock, high grind, and a thin bevel.
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It’s really strange to me for you and others to say this. I’ve had more consistent quality from Golden spydies than those from Seki City. I have been glad that Seki spydies usually don’t appeal to me so that I don’t have to deal with quality issues.FK wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:41 am"I’ve never had any fit or finish issues with any Spyderco Seki. In fact, the few fit and finish issues I’ve had were all Golden models."
Agree with T.J. I have a large collection of Seki City Spyderco knives,,, all are excellent.
Golden is behind in quality control. New PM2 Cruwear,,, out of the box,,, no detent ball on lock,,, had to send back at my expense for repair. Called customer service,,,, explanation was "Yes, they had problems with QC" How did that new knife slip through final inspection ?
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
VG 10? Bring it on.
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I thought that I'd commented in this tread already
stating that I was happy to see this coming, and have zero issues with VG-10 steel
especially in this configuration,
but
I went through it and didn't see any response, ...
:)
And,
And,
u.w.
stating that I was happy to see this coming, and have zero issues with VG-10 steel
especially in this configuration,
but
I went through it and didn't see any response, ...
:)
And,
Yes Jason & agreed on all parts!jasonstone20 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:15 pmSomewhere up in Heaven, Cliff Stamp is smiling. He had been advocating a 'performance line' for a while, hopefully it sells well and we see more performance models coming.
And,
Yes!!! and this is one that I would be very interested in getting with NO edge bevel ground on.me2 wrote:VG 10? Bring it on.
u.w.
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
I actually think VG-10 is one of the better choices that could have been made for this new knife. Later, if it sells well, we will see other steels more than likely. Still, for this knife, VG-10 will be hard to beat.
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
Oh, this is very exciting indeed. Shame about VG-10, but as proof of concept, it's a good first step!
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What? Nick Shabazz, excited about a super slicey delica? That’s it, I’m hallucinating, it’s bed timeNickShabazz wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:50 pmOh, this is very exciting indeed. Shame about VG-10, but as proof of concept, it's a good first step!
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
Ideally I'd love to see this in a nice fine grained steel like S45VN, run at a little higher hardness (say 62Rc maybe) to really get some excellent thin edge performance. Still interested to see what the final product will be. Could be a very good demonstration of "geometry cuts."
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Re: High Performance Delica Excitement
As said, I persoanally am more than happy with VG10.
And I personalky love the linered, but still light Delica(-handle).
So: Perfect combo for me.
Still: One option that perhaps would attract even more people and still be really easy to sharpen and modify the edge:
Make it a linerless Salt 2 high performance "Delica" in LC200N.
And I personalky love the linered, but still light Delica(-handle).
So: Perfect combo for me.
Still: One option that perhaps would attract even more people and still be really easy to sharpen and modify the edge:
Make it a linerless Salt 2 high performance "Delica" in LC200N.
Top three going by pocket-time (update March 24):
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)