MagnaCut Corrosion Resistance testing thread
- Surfingringo
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Hey guys, first day on the water today and it was a good one. Big Mahi and nice Cubera Snapper.
I had my fillet knife but I cleaned both with the mule just to give the edge a workout. The big Cubera are especially tough on an edge. Heavy silver dollar sized scales and heavy rib bones that you cut through when slicing behind the gill. Plus the edge slams pretty hard into the last few vertebrae on both of these fish when making the last cut toward the head to remove the fillets.
Started with a 1200 grit microbevel on the factory edge. After cleaning both fish the knife would still cleanly shave arm hair in one pass and still has lots of bite. Examined edge with 10x loupe and fingernail and no chipping or deformation. Edge performance seems impressive so far. I’ll know more after more use.
As far as corrosion resistance, too early to tell much. The knife has been exposed to salt for a full day now and has been put away with dried blood and salt on it. No corrosion or spots so far but I’d expect the same out of most highly stainless steels after that small amount of exposure. We’ll know more soon.
I had my fillet knife but I cleaned both with the mule just to give the edge a workout. The big Cubera are especially tough on an edge. Heavy silver dollar sized scales and heavy rib bones that you cut through when slicing behind the gill. Plus the edge slams pretty hard into the last few vertebrae on both of these fish when making the last cut toward the head to remove the fillets.
Started with a 1200 grit microbevel on the factory edge. After cleaning both fish the knife would still cleanly shave arm hair in one pass and still has lots of bite. Examined edge with 10x loupe and fingernail and no chipping or deformation. Edge performance seems impressive so far. I’ll know more after more use.
As far as corrosion resistance, too early to tell much. The knife has been exposed to salt for a full day now and has been put away with dried blood and salt on it. No corrosion or spots so far but I’d expect the same out of most highly stainless steels after that small amount of exposure. We’ll know more soon.
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Sure wish I could get my hands on some Cubera. Dang tasty.
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Awesome Lance! It snowed about five inches yesterday, is currently 16F and dropping to 0 tonight.Surfingringo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:42 pmHey guys, first day on the water today and it was a good one. Big Mahi and nice Cubera Snapper.
I had my fillet knife but I cleaned both with the mule just to give the edge a workout. The big Cubera are especially tough on an edge. Heavy silver dollar sized scales and heavy rib bones that you cut through when slicing behind the gill. Plus the edge slams pretty hard into the last few vertebrae on both of these fish when making the last cut toward the head to remove the fillets.
Started with a 1200 grit microbevel on the factory edge. After cleaning both fish the knife would still cleanly shave arm hair in one pass and still has lots of bite. Examined edge with 10x loupe and fingernail and no chipping or deformation. Edge performance seems impressive so far. I’ll know more after more use.
As far as corrosion resistance, too early to tell much. The knife has been exposed to salt for a full day now and has been put away with dried blood and salt on it. No corrosion or spots so far but I’d expect the same out of most highly stainless steels after that small amount of exposure. We’ll know more soon.
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Impressive performance, both the fishing and the mule.
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it's cool to hear how the knife is performing and all, but this is a fantastic shot!
keep your knife sharp and your focus sharper.
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C36MCW2, C258YL, C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
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current collection:
C36MCW2, C258YL, C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
spyderco steels:
H2, CPM 20CV, CPM 15V, CTS 204P, CPM CRUWEAR, CPM S30V, N690Co, M390, CPM MagnaCut, LC200N, CTS XHP, H1, 8Cr13MoV, GIN-1, CTS BD1, VG-10, VG-10/Damascus, 440C
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I’ll be watching this thread closely. Thanks Lance.
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That doesn’t look like a kayak
Looking forward to your assessment of the steel! Looks like it holds up to the cutting duties. Will it measure up to the anticipated corrosion resistance? If it does, would you like to change to MagnaCut for the Waterway and Siren?
Looking forward to your assessment of the steel! Looks like it holds up to the cutting duties. Will it measure up to the anticipated corrosion resistance? If it does, would you like to change to MagnaCut for the Waterway and Siren?
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Hi David,
Mine comes out of the water, is dried, I get a glass on it, and then back into the salt water 3/4 times a day.
sal
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In for the adventure
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This is gonna be a valuable thread.
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Oh man, can I dream about a Waterway in MagnaCut? *drolling*
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We also need to see how MagnaCut handles serrations!
- cabfrank
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I was thinking of that next step also.
- Surfingringo
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I’ve had the Magnacut Mule out on the water and stored in the torture chamber for about a week now. I pulled it out today for a thorough inspection and review. See results below and judge for yourself but I’m pretty impressed. I’ll still need several more weeks to form more concrete conclusions but initial observations are very promising.
https://youtu.be/DJihuMBQvSI
https://youtu.be/DJihuMBQvSI
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Can't wait to get my hands on the Native Salt.
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Surfingringo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:23 pmI’ve had the Magnacut Mule out on the water and stored in the torture chamber for about a week now. I pulled it out today for a thorough inspection and review. See results below and judge for yourself but I’m pretty impressed. I’ll still need several more weeks to form more concrete conclusions but initial observations are very promising.
https://youtu.be/DJihuMBQvSI
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing all of this, Lance!
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This is excellent info and a wonderful real world test. Thanks to the OP!
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Looking forward to a PAC SALT in MagnaCut.
Thanks for the info, Lance!
Thanks for the info, Lance!
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Thanks for sharing, Gringo!
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