Knives that use CPM 3V (aka S3v)?

Charlie Mike said:
Reese Weiland does 3v. Here is a proto in 3v.
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The strong point of CPM 3V being impact resistance It's not the ideal steel for a folder. CPM 3V excels in impactcutting, and that's not likely what you're going to do with a folder. On a folder I'd much rather see a stainless steel with great edgeholding capabilities like CPM S90V or CPM S125V ..

CPM 3V is not S3V, The S means stainless, and CPM 3V is not stainless.
 
Jerry Hossom
Fehrman
Krein
Kit Carson
Strider
Chris Reeve
Twin Blades
Daniel Winkler
ZT0100
Sure Fire fixed blade
quite a few other custom makers
 
Butch Harner

What's nice about 3V is that it has both high toughness and good wear resistance. It has wear resistance almost equal to D2, a popular steel for folders.
 
It can also take a high RC. My Weiland folder is 63RC.
 
Mine will :D

Well... certainly I can't put myself even close to the makers that have been mentioned here ...I make knives as a hoby for a few years, making working knives for me and my friends mostly or even sell some of them from time to time. I have been using O1 and mostly D2 steel since it is not hard to get around here but since CPM steels became very desirable I have decided to try some

Recieved quite a piece of 3V a few days ago and it is now on the way for wire erosion cutting to slices. Can't wait to get some back and start working.

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Yes 2x2x10! It costed me 180€ ... so around 245USD

But I realy didn't want to go off-topic with this.
Some Koster bushcraft knives are made in 3V, ZT 0100, some CR fixed blades, Krein is making some

K9 [Koster/Krein] Dingo is the winner for me ..I don't have one but I would want it one time ..with textured black G-10 please :D
 
divbis0 said:
Powder tool steel, Has toughness upward of 95 ft-lbs and still Rh>60.

http://www.crucibleservice.com/datash/ds3Vv5b.pdf?CFID=792341&CFTOKEN=35777599

No, I am not confusing it with the popular CPM S30V. The S3v has comparable Rh but 3x toughness, although its not stainless of course.
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Where does this S3v keep coming from :rolleyes:

You realise 3v exists longer than S30V?
S30V was an (not very good) attempt to make a stainless version of 3v.

Now 3v seems t0 be rediscovered (as it deserves)
 
Neo said:
Where does this S3v keep coming from :rolleyes:
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I was wondering too. Iv'e seen it few times around here, almost added as an alternate name into the steel chart, but no official source ever lists CPM 3V as S3v. I think because of Crucible's later names, S110V, S90v, S30v people think S belongs to 3v too, but it's not. S indicates stainless steels, and CPM 10V, cpm 3V, CPM 1V, etc are just that, no S in there.
 
Hey Gator,

I've another steel for the chart

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C-1.3-1.4% Mn-0.4-0.7 Si- 0.15-0.4 P max-0.03 S max 0.03 Cr 1.3-1.6 Ni max 0.35 Mo max 0.2 W max 0.2 V 0.1 Cu max 0.35
 
sorry, i can't resist... CPM 3V is not S3V. The S would stand for stainless which it is not.

That being said i am looking for a 3V bushcraft. Probably wait for the the BRK Kephart or Bravo 1 in 3V
 
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