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Tsujigiri said:
I agree, those two steels would be great! Elmax takes an edge so nicely and easily for me; still have yet to try M390. I do think that a steel like ZDP-189 might be ill-suited for a hard-use knife after seeing so many cases of it chipping (you don't have to do something ridiculously stupid with a knife to make the blade chip) or even breaking. But most other steels should be plenty tough.
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Really? I only chipped mine in my Endura when I tried to cut a mango pit in half. In my Yuna Mini Hard 2, I was trimming onion roots which still had quite a bit of dirt on it, and I swear the edge rolled. There was some micro-chipping as well, but nothing impressive. The chip in my Para2 in CTS-20CP is still there from when I nicked some metal. Now THAT one was impressive.

Honestly, I think ZDP would do fine on wood and cardboard. Certainly no worse than S90V, S110V, and CTS-20CP as far as toughness goes. I don't believe ZDP is a 1st generation PM steel given its unusual toughness at its hardness range.

Edge geometry and bevel would certainly play a big role in it as well, but I don't feel I would hesitate to take say, a Spyderco Moran in ZDP-189(one can dream) with me if I'm camping.

Still, not sure how fragile some steels really are. In most cases where I chip my knife, 99% of the time it's because the edge nicked something that shouldn't be cut with a knife(say, metal, glass, dirt, or concrete). I suppose in those cases a tougher knife would either roll or be blunted, which is certainly preferable to chipping as the damage is easier to repair.
 
knarfeng said:
I'd be happier with the CPM S35VN or the CTS-BD30P.
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I sort of understand why CTS-BD30P, I am curious about it as well, but I have not used S35VN yet, so it'd be interesting to hear your opinion why it'd be better in a folder vs. S90V, ZDP-189 etc... AFAIK, S35VN has just increased toughness compared to S30V...
 
dano said:
Because, in day-to-day usage, there's very little difference in performance, but can be a significant rise in price for some.
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'zackly.

In any case, I might just have to break out of my "mehh, all these one-hand folders are sorta the same these days" doldrums when this one comes out! :D
 
This one will look good paired with the N5 - seems they should be sold as a package :D
 
bchan77 said:
Because...?
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Because I want something affordable. CTS-BD30P and CPM S35VN have enough edge retention and toughness to be interesting without being so hard to manufacture that they drive the cost of the knife through the roof.

The Manix2 is CTS-BD30P had a street price just above $100.
The Native 5 in CPM S35VN has a street price just above $100.

That's a price point a lot of folks can handle. Exotic steels mean exotic prices.
 
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