Any news on Maxamet releases

GotSteel

GotSteel

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Just wondered in anyone's heard anything, I thought the Manix would've been released by now and we'd have heard something about the Native, not much time left until the end of the year.
 
Super excited for this one. I might send it off for a wharncliffe regrind, but mostly I'm just curious about the steel.
The KC exclusive brown Manix 2 LW in XHP was cool, but I dunno, XHP is not *that* different from BD1, not enough to get me excited. Maybe if it was red with black hardware :P
 
Is the XHP real toothy like D2, I've read it's similar but with better corrosion resistance I really like the feel of D2 texture.
 
I'm hoping for a Native in some cool color of G10. I've been cutting stuff in my kitchen and around the house with my Maxamet mule. I'll let you know when it needs any sharpening which I'm guessing will be around the time we colonize Mars. It's not stainless but if you care for it like any carbon-steel knife it's ok.
 
I used my Maxamet Mule to carve wood & make feather sticks on a weekend hiking trip. It cut pine wood like butter and looks just like it did out of the box.

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Not sure I understand this toothy edge talk.
All the knife steels I have can be sharpened from extremely toothy to very fine.
Are we talking after sharpened very fine, the edge becomes toothy with use instead of staying fine, or just becoming smooth dull?
 
jpm2 said:
Not sure I understand this toothy edge talk.
All the knife steels I have can be sharpened from extremely toothy to very fine.
Are we talking after sharpened very fine, the edge becomes toothy with use instead of staying fine, or just becoming smooth dull?
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Bigger carbides, more aggressive with low grit finish.

D2 has a hard time with a high grit finish in my experience, XHP does not.
 
I seem to get about the same edge on d2, 154cm, m4, s30v and so on from coarse diamond plate.
I get a less toothy edge with the same steels on a fine diamond plate, again all similar.
I don't have one, but assume an EEF diamond would again produce a finer, yet almost equal edge with those steels.
 
You can force it to your will but my experience has been d2 just likes to be toothy
 
I would really like more information on the toughness of Maxamet. I suspect that it's more than decent. If so, a larger fixed blade would be fantastic!

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