More Effective Choice than S110V for Application?

This seems off. If it was clear packing tape you'd have no problem seeing where to cut and avoid the metal If it was so thickly layered it would have peeled off like a rind.

I would have just used a can opener on a SAK to do this. They can cut metal so a vent wouldn't be a concern.
 
Sharperthansticks said:
You, however, have twice honed in on the vent itself, which is missing the point; I'm not really asking about cutting on on vents;
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That is actually the only thing you asked about.
Sharperthansticks said:
I'm asking in general about cutting in situations where, behind the substance you're cutting is something that's going to be really hard on a blade -- something like metal. My case happened to be a vent, but there's probably other, similar cases out there, too.
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You never asked about anything else. Perhaps if you had a larger question at hand, it would be good to state said question. Something like, "This is the general question I have, here is an example of said question I have encountered in everyday life". Rather, you went on about the vent and apparently didn't ask what you really intended. So as for the question asked, for me anyway, I'd be more concerned about fixing the vent as to not have to use a knife to cut tape off metal and or save on the energy bill.

I did answer your original question (about the vent), and my answer will not change on your new more general question.
 
craytab said:
That is actually the only thing you asked about.

You never asked about anything else. Perhaps if you had a larger question at hand, it would be good to state said question. Something like, "This is the general question I have, here is an example of said question I have encountered in everyday life". Rather, you went on about the vent and apparently didn't ask what you really intended. So as for the question asked, for me anyway, I'd be more concerned about fixing the vent as to not have to use a knife to cut tape off metal and or save on the energy bill.

I did answer your original question (about the vent), and my answer will not change on your new more general question.
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I'm curious: this is the second thread where you've trolled me. Is there a setting in the system you configured to alert you when I post? I have a small, pretty exclusive ignore list; congratulations for (now) making the cut.
 
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Sharperthansticks said:
I'm curious: this is the second thread where you've trolled me. Is there a setting in the system you configured to alert you when I post? I have a small, pretty exclusive ignore list; congratulations for (now) making the cut.
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Nope there isn't. And no, I am not trolling you. Just answering questions people ask in GKD. Go ahead and ignore me if you must. Just trying to help.
 
So your mistake was using metal on metal. I maybe would have just melted the tape off with something, say maybe a flamethrower. Or a lightsaber.

Or maybe a softer or less brittle steel?
 
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Maybe S110V would survive that with different edge geometry ? You can not get ALL in one .Super duper steel have some advantage but have maybe more disadvantage , like that they don t like to be very thin behind edge and 15 degrees per side ..............
 
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I learned from this discussion. Thanks. I learned myself yesterday that ZDP-189 should not be taken near the beach. I just had it in my bag and did not use it and within a few hours some nice deep orange rust greeted me. I was a little bummed at first but then most of it came off. I'll count the remaining traces as beauty marks and have reminded myself once again that nothing last forever.
 
Olfa to the rescue! This one has really impressed me doing some really nasty cutting.. :cool::thumbsup:

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unwisefool said:
So your mistake was using metal on metal. I maybe would have just melted the tape off with something, say maybe a flamethrower. Or a lightsaber.

Or maybe a softer or less brittle steel?
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Most people don't know about steel composition and as knife people we should help. I don't have any more than that. I think you did that fine. But just to add to the devils whatchamacall it
 
Mo2 said:
Most people don't know about steel composition and as knife people we should help. I don't have any more than that. I think you did that fine. But just to add to the devils whatchamacall it
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To be fair, I was confused and somehow thought the OP was the same dude who asked about cutting meat from bones. So that's why I gave a smartass response and that's my fault for posting while sleepy
 
Just not a huge fan of S90V and S110V.

Seems kinda ridiculous, no to have that in a pocket folder and then have to go and rework the edge geometry. Or was the edge geometry fine and what you experienced was that the S110V does not hold a hair splitting edge vs a good working edge for a very long time. For me I'd rather have a knife steel that is easier to touch up and holds a keener edge for longer.

In this case any number of regular steels might have fared better for this application including what others have said about the humble boxcutter.
 
unwisefool said:
To be fair, I was confused and somehow thought the OP was the same dude who asked about cutting meat from bones. So that's why I gave a smartass response and that's my fault for posting while sleepy
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I'll be honest, I think I meant to quote someone else for that reply. I wasn't paying attention, so oh well.

Moral is knife buyers don't know about the traits of the steels they buy or the geometry and its difficult to find out this information unless your nerds like us who frequently visit and read about them from here.

So instead of focusing on trolls or whatever conversation just happened above, let's just help and point the op to the right direction.
 
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