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Help me choose a cruwear model

Go Manix.
I wanna see that diamond pattern G10 covered with fish guts and seaweed :P
 
I work immersed in filth, grease, oil and the like.

I carry my cruwear manix 2 fairly often. I like the character on the scales. I keep another BNIB though.
 
Does anyone have any charts/graphs info comparing Cruwear to other steels. I'm curious.


I was also thinking of dying the scales red to avoid the dirty look..idk thought because I really like this shade of grey.
 
Thank you brother. I was trying to find some graphs with toughness wear resistance and corrosion resistance in comparison to.other steels. You can find tons on m4 and s30v etc. But nothing for cruwear.
 
I do like militaries...

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ShepardCC said:
Thank you brother. I was trying to find some graphs with toughness wear resistance and corrosion resistance in comparison to.other steels. You can find tons on m4 and s30v etc. But nothing for cruwear.
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The Military was the first production knife in the world to feature CPM CruWear (Though it's a sprint run, and I'm not sure about any knives in the ingot version of CruWear, but I haven't heard of any production iterations in that before). Basically when you want something with more toughness than A2 or D2, you look to CruWear. It's easy to sharpen and holds an edge fairly well (Not as long as some high wear steels, but if you hit a staple cutting through a cardboard box it won't chip as badly). I personally love the grey G10, and also love the way it's slowly darkening from my hands and turning blue from my jeans. A Mr. Clean Magic Eraser will have it looking like new again if I so desire anyways.
 
3rdGenRigger said:
The Military was the first production knife in the world to feature CPM CruWear (Though it's a sprint run, and I'm not sure about any knives in the ingot version of CruWear, but I haven't heard of any production iterations in that before). Basically when you want something with more toughness than A2 or D2, you look to CruWear. It's easy to sharpen and holds an edge fairly well (Not as long as some high wear steels, but if you hit a staple cutting through a cardboard box it won't chip as badly). I personally love the grey G10, and also love the way it's slowly darkening from my hands and turning blue from my jeans. A Mr. Clean Magic Eraser will have it looking like new again if I so desire anyways.
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I just picked up another to make into a user. Playing with it now.

From what I found is that its similar to M4 but tougher and M4 is a little more wear resistant. Trade off. Both are about the same corrosion resistance. Tougher than s30v but not as wear or corrosion resistant.
 
I did not. I got sidetracked by a couple other knives. One is the tusk which I'm getting ready to review and another is..well....the other is very special but we will talk about that later. ;)
 
Surfingringo said:
I did not. I got sidetracked by a couple other knives. One is the tusk which I'm getting ready to review and another is..well....the other is very special but we will talk about that later. ;)
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Sheesh... What's that song? "Aaaanticipaation....it's making me wait"
 
al g blenny said:
Why does everyone say the military was the first production knife in cruwear? What about the mule 12?
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Hey Al, I believe that the military was the first production knife in cpm Cruwear which is technically a different steel with different characteristics than its ingot counterpart which was used in the mule. So I believe that 3rdGenRigger is correct in saying that the Military was the first production knife to use cpm Cruwear. I could be wrong too, but I think that's accurate.
 
Surfingringo said:
Hey Al, I believe that the military was the first production knife in cpm Cruwear which is technically a different steel with different characteristics than its ingot counterpart which was used in the mule. So I believe that 3rdGenRigger is correct in saying that the Military was the first production knife to use cpm Cruwear. I could be wrong too, but I think that's accurate.
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Unfortunately these knives were not production knives but sprint runs. I have the Manix 2 and I'm loving it, I've only had it a couple of weeks but it looks like it's got my front right pocket to itself for a while to come :) If you have the funds then it's definitely worth getting whilst they are still available. I'd love to buy the Military cru-wear as well but I have only seen one dealer here where I live that sells them and they want about $270 for it :( . Since we have had the Military in 2013, Manix 2 in 2014, I'm hoping there will be a PM2 sprint in 2015 :D
 
Rasco said:
I too was scared of using both my Cruwears, but then someone on this forum reminded me about Mr Clean Magic Erasers and how they will bring this light gray, almost like a mix of cream and ash, G10 back to "like new" condition with just a lil water.

So I wouldn't base the choice on which one gets dirtier faster. They're both simple to clean
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I second the magic eraser trick. Takes the dirt off of g10 like, well, magic.
 
Jonny1801 said:
Unfortunately these knives were not production knives but sprint runs.
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On the contrary...they may be limited production (AKA Sprint run), but they're still made regardless of order (Not a one-off custom ordered by one person) and are still a production knife. Limited production and custom are two different beasts entirely, but limited production is still production.

My '64 Impala was only produced for a year, but you can't order the same car today...doesn't make it a one-off custom car...it's a regular production Impala. I can apply the same analogy to my Spyderhawk or Caly Jr. if you want a knife based analogy.
 
3rdGenRigger said:
On the contrary...they may be limited production (AKA Sprint run), but they're still made regardless of order (Not a one-off custom ordered by one person) and are still a production knife. Limited production and custom are two different beasts entirely, but limited production is still production.

My '64 Impala was only produced for a year, but you can't order the same car today...doesn't make it a one-off custom car...it's a regular production Impala. I can apply the same analogy to my Spyderhawk or Caly Jr. if you want a knife based analogy.
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Where in my post did I state that Spyderco were custom knife makers? Spyderco make production knives and on a few occasions per year they decide to make sprint runs (limited edition variants) of regular production knives. A sprint run will only have about 1200 pieces made and will use different blade steel and handle materials. Being limited edition knives they generally sell out fairly rapidly and once they are all sold that's it, there are no more available unless you get one on the secondary market.

http://www.spyderco.com/exclusives/

The fact is that sprint runs are generally far more exciting to Spyderco users and collectors and to get back onto subject, the Spyderco Manix 2 in cru-wear is no exception. The only minus point is the light handle colour that shows the dirt and blue dye from your jeans but this is not a big deal for me.
 
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