It's not JUST a sharpening issue; it's a blade-steel issue...

[Sonnydaze]

Well, that Fantoni in S125v is gone. I took my puppy to the vet...and POW...right in the kisser.
Maybe next time... I should know better by now.

 

[RevDevil]

CTS-B75P is very close to CPM-154. Just re-ht the blade to 63-64rc. However no point doing that if result is brittle, so talk to your hter about your expectation.

I might be wrong here, but the manufacturers have been saying all along that CTS-B75P is the equivalent of BG42? The BG42 Spyderco Military was a cutting machine, not rope, but just about everything else. I had not experienced chipped blades or anything remotely close to that. How strange. It could be that you may just have gotten one of a bad batch of steel.

 

[BluntCut MetalWorks]

Stand corrected - I missed the 1.2%V fraction. https://www.alphaknifesupply.com/zdata-bladesteelS-CTSB75P.htm
However re-ht is apply, highly depend Cr% and some Mo%.

I might be wrong here, but the manufacturers have been saying all along that CTS-B75P is the equivalent of BG42? The BG42 Spyderco Military was a cutting machine, not rope, but just about everything else. I had not experienced chipped blades or anything remotely close to that. How strange. It could be that you may just have gotten one of a bad batch of steel.

 

[Sonnydaze]

It could be that you may just have gotten one of a bad batch of steel.

The odds are pretty high that it's not the steel. More likely: I have some learning yet to do...
I do appreciate everyone's willingness to help.
Don

 

[DrFish]

I might be wrong here, but the manufacturers have been saying all along that CTS-B75P is the equivalent of BG42? The BG42 Spyderco Military was a cutting machine, not rope, but just about everything else. I had not experienced chipped blades or anything remotely close to that. How strange. It could be that you may just have gotten one of a bad batch of steel.

Yeah, everyone seemed to love the sebenzas in BG42. I think I may have had the edge profiled too thin and had carbide pullout. I ended up having them reblade it in S30V when it was in for maintenance.

I seriously doubt the issue is the type of steel. If you're worried about a bad head treat you can always have it Rockwell tested. If that's ok then it's down to edge geometry and sharpening technique. When the highly abrasion resistant stainless steels first came out there were a lot of people who hated them because they so difficult to sharpen well. Now most of us are used to it.


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[Sonnydaze]

... it's down to edge geometry and sharpening technique.
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I have to think that this is the answer. I realize that the finest steel will not cut if you can't sharpen it properly.

 

[Sonnydaze]

close, please.