Can you see the difference between S30V & BG-42?

[L.O. Little]

If you had two Sebenzas in front of you, and one was S30V, the other was BG-42, could you see the difference? If so, how?

 

[Scott Dog]

I have a Mnandi in s30v and a wood inlay in BG 42. Looked at the blades carefully side by side and couldn't tell the difference. I've heard that s30v doesn't take as good a polish as BG-42 but I couldn't tell the difference. Mind you I didn't spend hours comparing the two but only a couple minutes in my office under flourescent lighting. The only way I could tell was because the birth certificate that came with the mnandi says so. The blade on the mnandi is thinner than on the small Sebenza but I think that is because it is designed to be a more "gentlemenly" knife than the sebenza. I don't have an s30v Seb but I may get one some day.

 

[L.O. Little]

Thanks!

 

[Nathan S]

I have two small Sebbies in BG42 and a large in S30V, and, so far as appearances go, can't really see any difference.

 

[Chris Reeve Knives]

The guarantee card would give you the information but, since your question was if you just had the knives side by side - no, you can't tell any difference. You would need to disassemble the knife - on the blade, near the pivot, every S30V blade has a small 'S' engraved.

Anne

 

[L.O. Little]

Thank you. That's the information I was loking for.

 

[ARtsig1]

Just had to get that in. Now I know, as bad as my eyes are, that I am not the only one to be able to tell the difference! The BG42 leather inlaid Classic and the wood inlaid Classics in S30V do have a slight difference in my eyes. The BG42 does have a higher polish than the S30V. Now granted I have gone at the BG42 with "Mothers Polish" and that indeed could make a difference! Course I am going over the S30V with some Mothers also.

Don't know about the stonewashed finish though.