3v usage?

Gizler00 said:
I cannot wait to try it out when my DB arrives.
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I hope that you do a full review mixing traditional use with hard use.

I think it would be great to have more then just 'destruction of things' testing with 3V.

Love your reviews bro, hope you can find the time to do one!
 
gsx-rboy750 said:
I posted this in the sword forum but it is some flexing and chopping with large 3V.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5iNXGChowc
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I would like to see more practical use.

There are advantages to 3V as a hard use EDC steel, and that's what I would like Mark to base his review on.
(I sadly do not own anything with 3V at the moment or I would do it)

I have seen all the block breaking/tree smashing/blade flex video's but not much on just how great of a steel it is for what most of us would use it for.....
(Those of us who use a knife as an all in one solution, or for more then just a cardboard cutter..)
 
I pretty much only use 3v and have been very happy with it. If you're really going to punish it look for an HRC of 58 or so. Most of my knives however I take up to 62-63 and as long as you're matching the grind and geometry to the task you can push 3v in that hardness range far beyond most other steels and it will still keep an edge.

If you're looking for edge holding I recently did some knives in 10v and that is an AMAZING steel in that regards. Not as tough as 3v though and much harder to work.
 
JR88FAN said:
I would like to see more practical use.

There are advantages to 3V as a hard use EDC steel, and that's what I would like Mark to base his review on.
(I sadly do not own anything with 3V at the moment or I would do it)

I have seen all the block breaking/tree smashing/blade flex video's but not much on just how great of a steel it is for what most of us would use it for.....
(Those of us who use a knife as an all in one solution, or for more then just a cardboard cutter..)
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Youtube channel Virtuvoice is what you want then. Sorry I consider chopping trees and splitting wood a logical realword use but I go camping and backpacking and often clear areas of woods.
As far as EDC in situations where you are not going nutzo I think there are better steels. I prefer Elmax that I have. You dont need absolute toughness with a 4 inch blade.
 
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cbach8tw said:
Need any advice about 3v performance, edge holding, etc, and anyone's use of it in the field. I certainly would appreciate it.
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Have used it a lot in Bark River and a good bit in Survive GSO's. It is hard to beat as an all-arounder in both large and small blades. If you haven't tried it, you really should give it a go, a great steel.
 
gsx-rboy750 said:
I made myself a 17inch chopper in Zwear, just finished the 23.5 3v chopper, got a A2 golok I traded for and going to do a 28inch ztuff chopper/sword next. Which I will try to have treated similarly to the 3V.
Do it and go big!!
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A chopper in Zwear? Thats pretty interesting. What hardness did you go too?
bodog said:
At 60 HRC I believe Z-Wear is tougher than 3V
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I have heard that at 3Vs maximum toughness (59-60HRC) it is tougher than zwear at any hardness. But once you go past 60HRC ZWear is tougher than 3V at 60-61HRC and higher.
I have personally used 3V on quite a few knives and machetes. It really shines in machetes/choppers using peters heat treat Maximum toughness protocol. I also like the delta 61HRC. Better edge holding and corrosion resistance. I would like to see a test with zwear and delta 3V. Both at 61hrc.
Overall 3V is my favorite knife steel. Super versatile.
 
gsx-rboy750 said:
Youtube channel Virtuvoice is what you want then. Sorry I consider chopping trees and splitting wood a logical realword use but I go camping and backpacking and often clear areas of woods.
As far as EDC in situations where you are not going nutzo I think there are better steels. I prefer Elmax that I have. You dont need absolute toughness with a 4 inch blade.
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CPK EDC in 4V is my answer to this situation.
 
Just as an update, since my last post in this thread was a few years ago, I have now had 3v from winkler, big chris, spyderco, and carothers performance knives. And I stand by my post from 2015.

3v is still my all around my favorite steel.
 
3V is one of my favorite steels as well. I love them in my large fixed blades that I take into the woods. You can take 3V down to a super thin edge for great cutting geometry, yet still be tough as nails with no chips, rolls or dings when you contact something hard.
 
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