Manix 2 in Maxamet !

That blows, norcaldude. That kinda stuff happens to me all the time. You gonna try and sharpen it out or what?
 
I don't know about how the production schedule works but oftentimes we see new models trickle in. I think they'll be widely available soon.
I'm looking forward to hearing more user reports about Maxamet. I've heard contradictory reports about its relative toughness compared to S110V. I think there's consensus that it has higher abrasion resistance and is less stainless. If indeed it also has better edge stability that would be pretty amazing. Not trading in my S110V version just yet. :)
 
AF said:
I don't know about how the production schedule works but oftentimes we see new models trickle in. I think they'll be widely available soon.
I'm looking forward to hearing more user reports about Maxamet. I've heard contradictory reports about its relative toughness compared to S110V. I think there's consensus that it has higher abrasion resistance and is less stainless. If indeed it also has better edge stability that would be pretty amazing. Not trading in my S110V version just yet. :)
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I'd been under the understanding that's it's more like a "super M4" with red hardness that even exceeds that steel. As far as S110V, that has excellent wear resistance and is very stainless but I have found it to be prone to chipping and flat spotting.

There was one article I read about maxamet in which it replaced D2 for the steel used to mill pipes, the maxamet showed almost no wear after more than 3x the amount of work at which time D2 parts have to be replaced...
 
John_0917 said:
I'd been under the understanding that's it's more like a "super M4" with red hardness that even exceeds that steel.
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But hot hardness has no application to common knives unless I'm misunderstanding you. That would be a benefit for industrial use only.
 
grownstar said:
That blows, norcaldude. That kinda stuff happens to me all the time. You gonna try and sharpen it out or what?
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I worked on it a bit last night. It's still shows the chip but it looks better. Might mess with it some more tonight after work.

 
Rasco said:
I called KW today and they told me the only ones they've received and sent out were the initial 5 they got as a "preview" or "premier" or something, can't recall the exact word she used.
She told me she wasn't able to tell me where I was in line or when I could expect to get a shipping notice.... :(
She did tell me that they only have about 30-35 pre-orders total, so I dunno. I guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed and hope it reaches me before 2017.
Kind of an unsatisfying pre-order experience to be honest.

How could KW have only gotten 5 as of now, and other retailers have gotten more? I have no idea how distribution works on new models.
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Yeah... I'm still waiting on the pm2 cruwear I ordered from Knifecenter. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes.
 
Zagorov said:
How does it feel when you are sharpening it? Can you compare it to another steel?
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Not really sure how to describe it. I'm used to sharpening carbon steel traditionals so I was expecting this Maxamet to be super hard to sharpen, but I didn't find it so.
 
Norcaldude said:
I worked on it a bit last night. It's still shows the chip but it looks better. Might mess with it some more tonight after work.

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Good job,I did some/a lot of copper wire stripping with mine and got the edge kind of chippy but most of it has sharpened out,btw I used diamond stones and it was not too bad,very sharp now-I totally love this steel and the manix 2 LW setup
 
Tempted to cancel my KW pre-order and go with GPK... But if GPK has them in, maybe KW will get theirs this week and I can save myself the hassle. I'm sure it would take a couple days and I'd be double-dipped while the refund processes.
In the future, I think I'll think twice about pre-ordering knives...
 
Well...went ahead and canceled my KW pre order and went with GPK..
Strange because KW has always been ontop of their game when it comes to preorders
And fulfilling stock.
 
Since I don't really "need" this knife asap, I'm gonna give KW a chance to fulfill the order, and if they can't ship it out by the end of this week, I'll cancel and pick one up somewhere else.
 
Norcaldude said:
Spent some more time on it last night. I think I'll leave it like this.
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Would you do us a favor- buy a Cruwear Manix 2 and an S110V Manix 2, drop them both the same way as you did the first one, and take photos of the damage so we can compare.
 
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