Case CV vs Trusharp SS

[CL01]

Title pretty much says it all. Which one do you prefer, and why?

I definitely prefer CV to Case's SS. Again, nothing's wrong with Case Tru-Sharp SS. It's acceptable &, IMHO, compares favorably to the German made SS slippies that I have & have had.

I'd read some posts stating that CV might be at a hardness in the high 50's, I doubt that. GEC's 1095 lists at 57-59 RC & is definitely harder & holds its edge longer.

I've read & heard that Case's CV is the same as what Cold Steel used in their Carbon V knives & what Camillus used in their Becker line, I doubt that. I've had & used knives with the aforementioned steel & while they're larger & FBs, they definitely held their edge longer & took more to sharpen them.

I use the same system/method to sharpen, so if I'm seeing a CV blade sharpen quicker & more steel's coming off, that's a pretty good sign it's not at as high a hardness. Also, CV, for me, just does not hold its edge anywhere near what the other mentioned steels do.

I know this has been said often, but I do wish Case would add more handle materials to their CV line. Having said that, the chestnut line in CV is pretty darn nice & yes, the Case SBJ CV in chestnut is a great little knife. I do wish they made a larger version of it, but hey, in the meantime I enjoy this one.

 

[NirreBosse]

I think that the true Sharp is a deassent steel. This authumn I used a case trapper for moosehunting season. Not as a single knife but I have used it for campfires, making food and opened the skin of some mooselegs. I am in a way impressed. I have reed things about cases ss that made me belive it vas most of all a steel for knifes that got very little exersice and my own using shows that it is actually good enough for my tastes.

That said I prefere the CV, I like to think that it has better edgeholding and I like the dark uneven colour it develops with use.

Bouth Steels are easy to sharpen and they can get initially as sharp as one want. None of them has super edgeretention.

Bosse