Why CPM 3V

[sal]

@sal just checking again on the chances of getting a Spyderco folder or fixed blade knife with CPM 3V steel? Would be great to know so I can decide on getting one through Spyderco or another company.

Hi Vandyman,

I think that I'd prefer to do a Mule Team first and get reaction from you guys.

sal

[WilliamMunny]

I think 3V was made fore a fixed blade mule. It should be a forgiving steel that you could push hard on a fixed blade. Maybe even a 3V Mule XL... just saying.

[VandymanG]

@sal just checking again on the chances of getting a Spyderco folder or fixed blade knife with CPM 3V steel? Would be great to know so I can decide on getting one through Spyderco or another company.

Hi Vandyman,

I think that I'd prefer to do a Mule Team first and get reaction from you guys.

sal

Oh wow! I’d love a 3V mule. That would be ideal and perfect for a fixed blade EDC. Yes please! And thank you for the response. Hopefully this happens but if not at least I got a positive and hopeful response.

[Red Leader]

Perhaps the best time for a 3V Mule would be when we start seeing Erasteel-sourced sheets rolled by Niagara and truly get to test the newest version of the steel. I think that would translate best to what we could end up seeing in other knives, should the performance be successful.

I would sign up for one.

[Wowbagger]

I'm kind of shocked .
I was over on the Spyderco Home Page and pulled up a few alloys to compare side by side . While I was at it I added 3V to the chart .

. . . under one percent Carbon . . . 0.8 percent . . . never would'a thought it .
Oh well ; works very well for me .

[Brock O Lee]

Perhaps the best time for a 3V Mule would be when we start seeing Erasteel-sourced sheets rolled by Niagara and truly get to test the newest version of the steel. I think that would translate best to what we could end up seeing in other knives, should the performance be successful.

Agree.

[benben]

I think 3V was made fore a fixed blade mule. It should be a forgiving steel that you could push hard on a fixed blade. Maybe even a 3V Mule XL... just saying.

You’re right, a Mule in 3V does make the most sense.

I’d love a Bodacious in 3V, I’ve said that several times, but in that regard a Shaman, Manix XL, or a newer release of something like the Chinook really makes more sense in a folder for that steel.

Or….how about a thin super slicey Gents knife like a Caly 3 ground to 2.0 or 2.5mm? Just spitballing here cause I’d really love to see a folder in 3V.

[Actinolite]

A 3V Mule, absolutely. I have five Mules, and none are even close to 3V.

[Wowbagger]

I may as well ask for the impossible :

3V , Dark Green G-10 . . . . . . . .
Endura !

(lots of jimping on handle spine for quite a ways like the present Endura , no sculpting of finger groove on the underside of handle. You did it on the K390 G-10 Police you / can leave the underside of the handle alone on the Endura ) .

I know , I know , you all are already set up to do only FRN Enduras .
I had to say it though .

[sal]

I may as well ask for the impossible :

3V , Dark Green G-10 . . . . . . . .
Endura !

(lots of jimping on handle spine for quite a ways like the present Endura , no sculpting of finger groove on the underside of handle. You did it on the K390 G-10 Police you / can leave the underside of the handle alone on the Endura ) .

I know , I know , you all are already set up to do only FRN Enduras .
I had to say it though .

Hi Wowbagger,

We can make them, but they become so expensive that folks won't buy them.

sal

[Sharp Guy]

I may as well ask for the impossible :

3V , Dark Green G-10 . . . . . . . .
Endura !

(lots of jimping on handle spine for quite a ways like the present Endura , no sculpting of finger groove on the underside of handle. You did it on the K390 G-10 Police you / can leave the underside of the handle alone on the Endura ) .

I know , I know , you all are already set up to do only FRN Enduras .
I had to say it though .

So....what you're asking for is something other than an Endura

As Sal mentioned, the Seki models in G10 can get pretty pricey. They did a Delica in G10 for SNK and the dealer had trouble selling all of them.

[Wartstein]

...But just the to me perfect, good old FRN Endura 4 with a 3V blade would be great indeed...

[Spicy Suplex]

3V Endura!? Hear, hear!

[Wartstein]

3V Endura!? Hear, hear!

Yeah, would be nice indeed!

Though from my limited practical experience with both steels I´d actually even more so prefer 4V for an Endura... I have 3V in a small, stout fixed blade which I use for crazy things (much more for just testing it and fun than out of need tbh) which I would not do with a folding knife...

[sal]

There is 3V stuff in-the-works.

sal

[benben]

There is 3V stuff in-the-works.

sal

Happy happy

[Red Leader]

There is 3V stuff in-the-works.

sal

Best Spyderco-related news to me all year!

[vivi]

There is 3V stuff in-the-works.

sal

I'm gonna convince myself a C95 is on that list

[benben]

There is 3V stuff in-the-works.

sal

I'm gonna convince myself a C95 is on that list

Hopefully you’re the 2026 version of “JD” and you get your way, I’m rooting for you big time!

[VandymanG]

There is 3V stuff in-the-works.

sal

Doing my happy dance.