CPM-10V Valor

[JTknives]

I am in the process of working up some plans to do a batch of my valor knives, i am not sure on the blade style as of yet but thy will all be the same as i will be making them from CPM-10V and will mill the profile out of a large block and slice the knives off of that block with the Wire EDM. I am not sure at what price i will sell them at but i'm going to try and keep them at $150 or less. Here is a picture of what one of my valor knives look like. thay have been very popular in the past but i had to stop making them as i was doing all the cutouts my hand with a file and it took way to long. I just wanterd to see if there was any interest in them. I will most likeley be doing 20 so i can get a better heat treating deal from Paul Bos.

 

[McCool009]

Man I really don't need more small knives, but out of curiosity, how does CPM-10V compare to say S30V, CPM-154 and other common knife steels in this application? I've got a HAK of similar design in S30V and DLC coated...

 

[codymundi]

I'd be interested provided the price is right, and I gotta do some research on that steel.......

 

[JTknives]

Lets put it this way. Crucible has the info we need to compare CPM-10V to the others in a math type of way. I will list the steels and there impact toughness and wear resistance and a specific hardness.

D2 IT=17 WR=4 HC=60
CPM-M4 IT=31.5 WR=20-25 HC=63
A2 IT=40 WR=2-3 HC=60
440C IT=16 WR=3-4 HC=59
CPM-S30V IT=10 WR=5 HC=60?
154 CM IT=? WR=3 HC=58.5
CPM-10V IT=14 WR=90 HC=63

As you can see it will hold an edge EXTREMELY longer than anything listed. the draw back is that its hard to work with and last time i checked its around 75 to 80 bucks a pound.

 

[J-siah]

Lets put it this way. Crucible has the info we need to compare CPM-10V to the others in a math type of way. I will list the steels and there impact toughness and wear resistance and a specific hardness.

D2 IT=17 WR=4 HC=60
CPM-M4 IT=31.5 WR=20-25 HC=63
A2 IT=40 WR=2-3 HC=60
440C IT=16 WR=3-4 HC=59
CPM-S30V IT=10 WR=5 HC=60?
154 CM IT=? WR=3 HC=58.5
CPM-10V IT=14 WR=90 HC=63

As you can see it will hold an edge EXTREMELY longer than thing listed. the draw back is that its hard to work with and last timne i checked its around 75 to 80 bucks a pound.

holy crap, $80 a pound. are you buying direct from crucible? if your not then you should look into it.

I thought d2 and s30v were expensive but that is unreal. fun sharpening I imagine

 

[JTknives]

holy crap, $80 a pound. are you buying direct from crucible? if your not then you should look into it.

I thought d2 and s30v were expensive but that is unreal. fun sharpening I imagine

that is the price from Crucible . I can get it a little cheeper if i buy it in block forum and slab it up myself with the Wire EDM. here is some reviews of Knives made from CPM-10V

http://cutleryscience.com/reviews/edge_testing_II.html
http://zknives.com/knives/custom/pwhunteru.shtml
http://cutleryscience.com/reviews/utility_hunter_cpm_10V.html

there are more but thats what i could come up with quickley. not may makers use it.

 

[J-siah]

that cool man, I don't know it I have the patience to work the stuff though.

It got old working cmp154cm. But I am thinking about getting some more cpm d2, I just really like the stuff.

-Josiah

 

[Josh K]

I for one would be interested in one. Possibly with a small pocket sheath for it as well. Or a duracoat coating over the blade. That would be nice.

I love seeing someone working with 10V. It's an interesting steel on paper, but a small 2-21/2" fixed in it would be great to play with.