Help Me Understand Magnicut

DocJD said:
Same boat !

Someday , after the fervor and novelty have worn off , if a knife that I already desire for all the other reasons comes along , at a price I want to pay ...

By that time I'm sure there will be several newer/hotter super steels center stage . ;)
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That makes three of us, in my daily use, supersteel minor differences are wasted upon me. I strop them all occasionally, and go about my day, the last few knives I ended up with in magnacut were a result of a favorable (to me) trade or a knife design that I wanted to check out. Heck I love my manix 2 in Maxamet 😁
 
norcalAF said:
That makes three of us, in my daily use, supersteel minor differences are wasted upon me. I strop them all occasionally, and go about my day, the last few knives I ended up with in magnacut were a result of a favorable (to me) trade or a knife design that I wanted to check out. Heck I love my manix 2 in Maxamet 😁
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I always like the duality of carrying a crazy supersteel folder like the Delica in zdp189 mixed with a fixed blade in 80crv2. You get both ends of the spectrum.
 
Elektroslag said:
Just anecdotal here, but I live in a tropical climate and have had difficulty getting 3v to rust in regular use. Thats even with using a leather sheath and leaving it outside for hours at a time.

I seem to remember in Knife Steel Nerds that at higher hardness corrosion resistance goes down (could be wrong here), and my Benchmade Puukko at 61hrc hasn't rusted one bit.
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Try some blood, salt, food etc. left on the blade for a couple of days ;)

And yes sweet water doest do anything to 3V.
 
Magnicut is the latest super steel for those who fear ever having to sharpen a knife. Here is the orginal super steel TV ad:


The name of the magic steel has changed, but the message remains the same.

Oh, never mind, we know what you are going to say next:


And the hair style was way cooler back then.....when we still had hair. ;)

n2s
 
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My next couple of blade purchases will be in 80CrV2 and Vanadis 4E. I love AEBL, 52100, 1095, S30, 3v and D2 as well. I don’t see MagnaCut as only an alternative but as another choice. Choices are great!
 
not2sharp said:
Magnicut is the latest super steel for those who fear ever having to sharpen a knife. Here is the orginal super steel TV ad:


The name of the magic steel has changed, but the message remains the same.

n2s
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Magnacut was never hyped as a steel that won't get dull.

The question of its commercial success has no bearing on its properties as a cutlery steel.
 
beeinak said:
My next couple of blade purchases will be in 80CrV2 and Vanadis 4E. I love AEBL, 52100, 1095, S30, 3v and D2 as well. I don’t see MagnaCut as only an alternative but as another choice. Choices are great!
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I used to have winklers in 80crv2 and a tomahawk in it. I like it, good stuff. I still regret selling my tad 3v winklers.
 
Blues said:
MagnaCut
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*CPM MagnaCut
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I do not have any of that stuff but I wonder from those who have used it how it compares to Cruwear. I rock a Yo2 and two PM2s in Cruwear and love it. It is easy to touch up, it is pretty dang stainless for a tool steel. Only ever spotted the stuff when I kept the knife in a leather pocket protector during a particularly hot and sweaty day at work

So a tough tool steel that doesn't stain a lot, and has decent retention, seems tough enough even with my hollow Yo2... What is MagnaCut comparing? I seem to recall the edge retention being lower than Cruwear?

The only time I really need a clean stainless is if I am looking for a certain look on a knife, usually with metal handles.
 
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91bravo said:
Until we entered the Bronze Age.
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Sorta true: Actually, archeologists recognize a pre-bronze age stage of technology between the Neolithic and the full blown Bronze Age when unalloyed copper was the cutting ege of metallurgy. For instance, it seems that the Egyptians did not have Bronze at the time when the pyramids were being built,jhust copper tools. Archeologists call this stage of development the Chalcolithic period.

Wikipedia has a good article on the Bronze Age and how the technology spread step wise from the central Balkens region to the rest of the Eurasian civilizations. Also interesting to me is the Wikipedia articles on ancient Tin and Coper mining.

Apparently, in the Western Hemisphere, only a small deposit was found in Northwestern Mexico, so no general Bronze Age for North and South America.
 
Larrin said:
And molybdenum
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FYI, Project Gutenberg has just made available on line the complete text of an 1896 technical book called, "Steel." I enjoyed seeing a glimpse into the relavent past and was amused to see some of the same misunderstandings in the professional and peripherals communities. All PG's books are free to download as they're free of any copyright encumbrances (long expired!).

I've admired your work and am grateful for all you do to add science to a confused conversation about a fascinating subject.

Thanks,
AATE
 
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