Benchmade 154cm vs Spyderco vg10

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Somehow I like Benchmade 154cm better than Spyderco vg10.The edge just seems to have more bite in it.It also performs just little better for my uses.Maybe I am wrong, but would like to hear other peoples opinions.
 
What stones are you using to sharpen?
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BM's 154cm is tough stuff but in my experience it likes to be sharpened on a coarse stone. I sharpen my stryker on a 300-ish grit India stone and finish with a wooden strop coated it some green compound. VG-10 is on the opposite side of the spectrum, it favors high refinement and gets very sharp quickly. I usually finish on my 3k or 5k waterstone then stron on green compound. I find the edge retention to be much better with a high polish on VG-10.
 
I have a minigrip in 154cm and a delica 4 in vg10 and i like benchmade's 154cm alot more. I sharpen both knives exactly the same and i feel that the 154 holds not only a razor edge but a working edge longer too. I will say that the benchmade also holds a sharper working edge Too. I felt like the vg10 stayed razor for a while but basically skipped over a working edge and went to dull. I like 154cm in general better than vg10 overall.
 
Furious_Toast said:
I have a minigrip in 154cm and a delica 4 in vg10 and i like benchmade's 154cm alot more. I sharpen both knives exactly the same and i feel that the 154 holds not only a razor edge but a working edge longer too. I will say that the benchmade also holds a sharper working edge Too. I felt like the vg10 stayed razor for a while but basically skipped over a working edge and went to dull. I like 154cm in general better than vg10 overall.
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Interesting. I own both of those knives as well and I feel the exact opposite. I much prefer the VG-10 over the 154cm. Easier to sharpen and in my experience holds it longer.
 
Can't speak about spyderco's vg10, but I've had BM's 154cm in three knives and each time I found it to be chippy. I had to keep the edges at about 40 degrees inclusive just so the steel wouldn't chip out on me. Third time was a charm and I decided to give up on 154cm, at least from BM. I also found the same issue with their D2, finally giving up on BM altogether. Other knives from other well known manufacturers haven't had close to the same issues. I keep my s30v blade also 30 degrees inclusive, my PSF27 blade at 18 degrees inclusive with a 26 degree inclusive tertiary bevel, and my Elmax blade at about 24 degrees inclusive. No problems on any of them. The only problem I had any of them, and it wasn't really a problem, was that I took that PSF27 to 9 degrees per side and the edge was very unstable in my normal duties, leading to the tertiary bevel. It cuts like a demon.
 
bodog said:
Can't speak about spyderco's vg10, but I've had BM's 154cm in three knives and each time I found it to be chippy. I had to keep the edges at about 40 degrees inclusive just so the steel wouldn't chip out on me. Third time was a charm and I decided to give up on 154cm, at least from BM. I also found the same issue with their D2, finally giving up on BM altogether. Other knives from other well known manufacturers haven't had close to the same issues. I keep my s30v blade also 30 degrees inclusive, my PSF27 blade at 18 degrees inclusive with a 26 degree inclusive tertiary bevel, and my Elmax blade at about 24 degrees inclusive. No problems on any of them. The only problem I had any of them, and it wasn't really a problem, was that I took that PSF27 to 9 degrees per side and the edge was very unstable in my normal duties, leading to the tertiary bevel. It cuts like a demon.
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Im very surprised, ive dropped my benchmade off of a ladder edge first into a brick and my edge just rolled a little, ive never chipped 154cm ever.
 
ak585479 said:
Interesting. I own both of those knives as well and I feel the exact opposite. I much prefer the VG-10 over the 154cm. Easier to sharpen and in my experience holds it longer.
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Definately strange, i can sharpen the 154cm from extremely dull to shaving on diamond in 5 minutes but the vg10 from a working edge on the same diamond sharpener takes at least 30 minutes.
 
I am not familiar with Spyderco VG10, but am a big fan of Benchmade's 154cm. Generally I thin it down to 30* since they tend to come pretty thick from the factory, and go with a coarse/medium finish - 320 grit or so. Similar to 440c and D2 in my philosophy - will take a finer edge but holds a fairly coarse one a lot longer with no fuss.
 
Yes, I put coarse edge mostly on my benchmade 154cm knives and love how the steel reacts to it.Spyderco vg10 is ok, but I am more fan of coarse or somewhere in the middle finished edges.All my coarse edges still push cut paper pretty well so it might not be too coarse.
 
ps.regarding Spyderco I like their s30v much better than vg10, takes crazy sharp toothy edge easily and cuts for long time.Never had any problem with chipping , maybe some micro ships that I do not care or see lol.Wish they made Endura in S30v or d2.
 
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