Re: Native 5 salt is Magnacut?
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:23 pm
Cool - you like yellow AND Frank Zappa!!!Jerome Howard wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 3:18 pmPut a yellow scales on that PM 2 Salt, and I'd buy one.
Cool - you like yellow AND Frank Zappa!!!Jerome Howard wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 3:18 pmPut a yellow scales on that PM 2 Salt, and I'd buy one.
I bought the uncoated Rex 45 N5 a few months ago, it's been an outstanding knife and I've been really impressed with mine. I just ordered the PE N5 Salt, Magnacut from GP Knives a few minutes ago as well. I've been anxiously waiting for the PE version since the Reveal. No saltwater here in TN but summers are hot and humid enough that a day of mowing and weed eating leaves me so sweaty I have to peel my clothes off to take a shower.
Glad the PE is finally available. I'm convinced it was worth the wait. If you like that Rex45, you'll love the Salt N5! And yes, that Rex dyes nicely!CrustyOtter wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 5:39 pmI bought the uncoated Rex 45 N5 a few months ago, it's been an outstanding knife and I've been really impressed with mine. I just ordered the PE N5 Salt, Magnacut from GP Knives a few minutes ago as well. I've been anxiously waiting for the PE version since the Reveal. No saltwater here in TN but summers are hot and humid enough that a day of mowing and weed eating leaves me so sweaty I have to peel my clothes off to take a shower.
This is the knife I've been waiting for to try Magnacut for the first time. If it works out as well as I'm hoping, I might try the SE version as well.
And I'm thinking Rit Dye may be called for, something like the K390 blue FRN would be my ideal color.
"Watch out where the Huskies go..."SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 4:23 pmCool - you like yellow AND Frank Zappa!!!Jerome Howard wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 3:18 pmPut a yellow scales on that PM 2 Salt, and I'd buy one.
He was a fur trapper...olywa wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 10:35 pm"Watch out where the Huskies go..."SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 4:23 pmCool - you like yellow AND Frank Zappa!!!Jerome Howard wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 3:18 pmPut a yellow scales on that PM 2 Salt, and I'd buy one.
It seems that is just the general marketing statement and not related to Spyderco's specific heat treat. It will be exciting to see someone with a hardness tester test an actual production Native.Gtscotty wrote: βFri Mar 17, 2023 8:56 pmIs this where you saw the 65 hrc in the GP Knives product page? Larrin's articles have mentioned heat treating MC up to that level, but I haven't seen anything saying what hrc spyderco is going with.
"Developed by metallurgist Larrin Thomas (Knife Steel Nerds) Magnacut is a powder metallurgy steel designed to deliver balanced high-performance with high hardness (up to 65 Rc), similar toughness to CPM-4V, and corrosion resistance better than M390, similar to LC200N."
Actually, I really like the plain white FRN on the Rex 45. It's the yellow FRN on the Salt I'm planning on dying (dyeing?) to something easier to spot if I drop it while outdoors. Yellow is fine on green grass but once its mowed and dries out, yellow will be harder to spot. Then there's the dead leaves in the woods and the lawn in Fall. Yellow or red would blend in too closely. I'd prefer a blue like the K390 or SPY27 series or the teal used on the D4 (I think it was a D4) for a year round, easy to recover color. There's a "Kentucky Sky" Rit dye that I'm seriously considering, along with Sapphire Blue or Royal Purple, or some blend with those base dyes.z1r wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 8:11 pmGlad the PE is finally available. I'm convinced it was worth the wait. If you like that Rex45, you'll love the Salt N5! And yes, that Rex dyes nicely!CrustyOtter wrote: βMon Mar 20, 2023 5:39 pm
And I'm thinking Rit Dye may be called for, something like the K390 blue FRN would be my ideal color.
I would like to see that as well.javemtr wrote: βTue Mar 21, 2023 1:57 amIt seems that is just the general marketing statement and not related to Spyderco's specific heat treat. It will be exciting to see someone with a hardness tester test an actual production Native.Gtscotty wrote: βFri Mar 17, 2023 8:56 pmIs this where you saw the 65 hrc in the GP Knives product page? Larrin's articles have mentioned heat treating MC up to that level, but I haven't seen anything saying what hrc spyderco is going with.
"Developed by metallurgist Larrin Thomas (Knife Steel Nerds) Magnacut is a powder metallurgy steel designed to deliver balanced high-performance with high hardness (up to 65 Rc), similar toughness to CPM-4V, and corrosion resistance better than M390, similar to LC200N."
. that still links to the Native 5 Salt in LC200N. I wonder if they simply haven't updatec their web wording.Buddafucco wrote: βTue Mar 21, 2023 1:35 pmBladeHQ... https://www.bladehq.com/item--Spyderco- ... ack--78694
DunninLA wrote: βTue Mar 21, 2023 1:37 pm. that still links to the Native 5 Salt in LC200N. I wonder if they simply haven't updatec their web wording.Buddafucco wrote: βTue Mar 21, 2023 1:35 pmBladeHQ... https://www.bladehq.com/item--Spyderco- ... ack--78694