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Joe, see Jim Ankerson's steel edge-holding mega-thread here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...based-on-Edge-Retention-cutting-5-8-quot-rope
CPM-10V is considered an A11 class steel, and currently is the edge-holding king among knife steels.

Jeff, thanks for the referral to Jim's thread. :thumbup: A lot of great information there. I have viewed some of his information before, but I was always looking for a steel that I was more familiar with. This opened my eyes to 10V. I can see why it would be a tough blade to sharpen, it must be a pain for the maker to grind. And, like I said, I didn't realize Tony had some folders out there with it.

Remarkable steel, for sure!

Campbell, heed Mike's advice. :)

- Joe
 
Joe, see Jim Ankerson's steel edge-holding mega-thread here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...based-on-Edge-Retention-cutting-5-8-quot-rope

CPM-10V is considered an A11 class steel, and currently is the edge-holding king among knife steels. The second half of post #1 lists cutting info for blades with a course edge at 400 grit. 10V/A11 steels account for 5 of the top 6, and the stainless version, 110V is the sixth one. I used a 110V fixed blade @60 HRc a couple years back at our deer camp, and five large whitetails were gutted, skinned and butchered with it without sharpening and it still cut with great ease afterward. The carbon 10V/A11 steels are tough enough to take to high hardness with a very thin edge for increased wear resistance. At 63 HRc, CPM-10V has the same impact toughness as 440C @ 58, but 18 times the wear resistance! Phenomenal stuff.

I just got this one back after a buyer returned it. I'm debating on selling it again....but isn't it perrrrrty. I've used this one so many times over the last several years and there has been 0 blade loss. The edge has held up so well that I have only had to lightly touch it up with a ceramic stone. I think CMP10V is some of the best carbon steel out there. This stuff is made to be used, and not kept in a safe. It's the toughest folder I own.



Oh...and you can use it for fun as well....

 
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You can describe CPM10V as many things. But "carbon steel" is not one of them.

The composition of "carbon steel" is limited to controlled amounts of the following elements.
Iron
Carbon
Silicon
Manganese
Copper.
And "carbon steel" is made by a melt process.

CPM 10V has controlled amounts of the following additional elements
Vanadium
Chromium
Molydenum.
it's made by a powder process. And it has more carbon than is allowed in "Carbon Steel".
 
I just got this one back after a buyer returned it. I'm debating on selling it again....but isn't it perrrrrty. I've used this one so many times over the last several years and there has been 0 blade loss. The edge has held up so well that I have only had to lightly touch it up with a ceramic stone. I think CMP10V is some of the best carbon steel out there. This stuff is made to be used, and not kept in a safe. It's the toughest folder I own.

Send to:
Don Hanson
PO Box 13
Success, Mo 65570
 
Pump shotguns and Tony's knives both make sweet music.

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Chief that certainly is a strong line up there! very nice!!!

I've owned a few of the Bose/Case collabs over the year, picked this one up recently, nearly lost it but came to my senses in time ;)

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Thanks Tony for helping keep us in steel !
G2
 
Thanks for the comments. It's a 20 ga featherweight, originally purchased by my grandfather with the deerslayer slug barrel as shown. Ordered a shot barrel from Ithaca and it served as my multipurpose gun for several years.
 
Probably posted this before, but here are some ebony grips for a Colt 45 with New York Knife Company shields inlaid by Tony. I just traded the gun I had them on (but didn't trade the grips)

 
W:eek:W !!!

That is a real beauty Tony. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::)

What Primble said. What a svelte little knife! I bet that would disappear in your pocket and do 95% of everything you'd ever call on a pocket knife to do.
 
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