CTS-XHP and cutting

I don't know about dings, i haven't had any and i have used one CS Recon1 hard. Pried off baseboards, trimmed edges, hammered it through a nail by accident. No chips. Normal sharpening brings it right back to razor sharp. It seems to hold a better edge if i strop it.
 
Cutting a little cardboard brings dings. The dings come out easily, though.
dings - tiny arc in the cutting edge.
Not chips, a chip is a flake like when you flintknap.
 
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I don t appreciate a significant difference between my Spyderco Manix2 with xhp and my Cold Steel Recon 1 or Ultimate Hunter as slicers. My CS Holdout is is one of the best slicers of all my knives. The edge retention between the two companies' xhp seem similar.

Assuming that one knife is inferior (budget) to another based purely on price seems uninformed.
 
gull wing said:
Cutting a little cardboard brings dings. The dings come out easily, though.
dings - tiny arc in the cutting edge.
Not chips, a chip is a flake like when you flintknap.
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Those sound like rolls, or "ripples," in which the edge deforms laterally. Softer edges will ripple while harder edges will chip under sufficient lateral loading. If your final bevel is the same angle on both knives, then this rippling suggests to me a lower hardness in the affected edge. This assumes similar geometry and similar usage of the two knives. So many variables to track!
 
gull wing said:
Cutting a little cardboard brings dings. The dings come out easily, though.
dings - tiny arc in the cutting edge.
Not chips, a chip is a flake like when you flintknap.
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I know what you are saying. I got the same ding on my Delica 4 zdp-189 when cutting cardboard. It was the factory edge, which I think will handle the task better after I sharpen it.
 
I've been highly impressed by Cold Steel's CTS-XHP blades, a Recon 1 and American Lawman. Both have quite high, thin grinds and I found them to be excellent slicers. I have owned dozens of CS knives and couldn't fault any of the various steels for heat treat. Lynn Thompson is one of the best knife designers in the business IMHO.
 
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