Y u no cpm-m4?
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Y u no cpm-m4?
Seriously, this is my favorite steel...it seems like a lot of other people enjoy it too...Sal please use it more often. Tough, will hold a ridiculous edge for a ridiculous amount of time, also gets soo sharp and sharpens up easily. I love my Gayle Bradely, but this steel puts it over the top. If you love CPM-M4, post your experience with it here. If you hate it, post that here too.
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I have both the Air and the Bradley folder and I love M4. I certainly wish that I had more...there are a few places I'd like to see it.
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I've used my Bradley folder a lot and it has patina'd nicely...I then buffed it off and it has re-patina'd and I just love the look of it. I use it for a food knife and a whittler and an EDC...I love it. But yeah....more more more please!!!!
Caly Jr
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Full G10 Military. (rather than the framelock sprint)
I've used my Bradley folder a lot and it has patina'd nicely...I then buffed it off and it has re-patina'd and I just love the look of it. I use it for a food knife and a whittler and an EDC...I love it. But yeah....more more more please!!!!
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So jealous of that manix...wrdwrght wrote:Golden produced the M4 Manix2 in my pocket, so why not an M4 PM2 and/or an M4 Native5?
"For a second, I thought I was dead, but when I heard all the noise I knew they were cops. Only cops talk that way. If they had been wiseguys, I wouldn't have heard a thing. I would've been dead."
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Is the title of this thread a play off of some meme or just poor grammar?
Anyway, more M4 please, I agree. A M4 Southard would be awesome!
Anyway, more M4 please, I agree. A M4 Southard would be awesome!
Current EDC rotation: Southard, Paramilitary 2, Sage 1, G10 DF2, Techno
On deck: Military, Caly 3.5, Air
Wish List: M4 Military, S90V PM2, Superblue Caly 3.5, G-10 Jester
On deck: Military, Caly 3.5, Air
Wish List: M4 Military, S90V PM2, Superblue Caly 3.5, G-10 Jester
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When the internet was a much smaller place and discussions would often be more frank, it was suggested on Benchmades forum that they use more M2 (late nineties). Benchmade agreed that the steel was in fact more optimal in a lot of ways that the stainless they were using however the cost of marketing / service on the non-stainless was so prohibitive that it made them stop using it. You have to realize that not everyone will realize M4 isn't a stainless and when it rusts all they will think it something like "cheap (foreign) steel!" .
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This is sadly true and those folks won't buy anymore of those "crappy spydercos with their rusty steels."Cliff Stamp wrote:When the internet was a much smaller place and discussions would often be more frank, it was suggested on Benchmades forum that they use more M2 (late nineties). Benchmade agreed that the steel was in fact more optimal in a lot of ways that the stainless they were using however the cost of marketing / service on the non-stainless was so prohibitive that it made them stop using it. You have to realize that not everyone will realize M4 isn't a stainless and when it rusts all they will think it something like "cheap (foreign) steel!" .
That is an understatement Sync.Syncharmony wrote:...A M4 Southard would be awesome!
Cliff, I don't know if you read reviews on Amazon but your assessment is spot on. People in general associate low corrosion resistance with cheap/inferior steel. Even on the reviews for the Gayle Bradley this is the case. Trying to correct this misconception is difficult. People believe the marketing nonsense that forged steel is better than stamped and heavy German knives are the end all be all. Tv chefs regurgitate marketing bullet points and this promotes more ignorance. They promote poor knife skills like scraping the edge on the cutting board and leaving their knife dirty. People have lost touch with carbon steel and basic knife care.Cliff Stamp wrote:When the internet was a much smaller place and discussions would often be more frank, it was suggested on Benchmades forum that they use more M2 (late nineties). Benchmade agreed that the steel was in fact more optimal in a lot of ways that the stainless they were using however the cost of marketing / service on the non-stainless was so prohibitive that it made them stop using it. You have to realize that not everyone will realize M4 isn't a stainless and when it rusts all they will think it something like "cheap (foreign) steel!" .
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It is a play off of a meme :DSyncharmony wrote:Is the title of this thread a play off of some meme or just poor grammar?
Anyway, more M4 please, I agree. A M4 Southard would be awesome!
"For a second, I thought I was dead, but when I heard all the noise I knew they were cops. Only cops talk that way. If they had been wiseguys, I wouldn't have heard a thing. I would've been dead."
-Henry Hill
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It's not the same but Spyderco is in the process of releasing 6 sprints of Super Blue. For those who like carbon steel it's a shoppers paradise. Otherwise having the Bradley Folder and Air as normal production is pretty awesome. Many makers do M4 only for limited editions and charge you the moon for it.
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I have more blades in carbon than I do stainless....just a little common sense and you will not have an issue with rust. I would love an M4 PM2 or Endura.
PM2(Camo/Satin) Military (Safety Orange, Camo), Endura (Wave, ZDP-189, Super Blue), Gayle Bradley, Techno, Pacific Salt PE, Tasman Salt SE, Harpy, Manbug ZDP-189, Dragonfly Aus 8, Ladybug (Red with CE...1990ish), Cricket SE, Civilian.