Native or Dragonfly Salt

Surfingringo said:
I do regular touch ups to my edc knives and like to keep them at a very high level of sharpness. Because of that routine I experience none of the advantages of a high carbide steel like s90v/s110v but the disadvantages are even more bothersome. A steel like s90v is much more fussy about taking very high level sharpness than s30v or vg10. S30v/S35v/cpm154 are very well balanced steels for my uses. Not knocking the high carbide stuff...it has its place, even in my lineup. Its just not my preference for edc.
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Very interesting. I guess we are drifting off topic here, but I see what you are saying. I treat my Superblue knife that way.
 
I'm pretty familiar with S90V. I've been using a South Fork for a couple of years now, in the kitchen and as a hunting knife for deer. Its also the knife I use for slaughtering chickens and turkeys, so it occasionally gets pretty sustained use. It's been great, but I've heard the Spyderco runs the S110v at higher hardness and also that the corrosion resistance is better. Will I notice a difference? Don't know, but if they are the same price, I think I'd like to try the s110v. Also I think I prefer the blue scales.
 
Evany said:
I'm pretty familiar with S90V. I've been using a South Fork for a couple of years now, in the kitchen and as a hunting knife for deer. It's been great, but I've heard the Spyderco runs the S110v at higher hardness and also that the corrosion resistance is better. Will I notice a difference? Don't know, but if they are the same price, I think I'd like to try the s110v. Also I think I prefer the blue scales.
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I've used both extensively in my kayak and s110v has shown significantly better corrosion resistance in my use. I can't really tell any difference in sharpening or edge retention.
 
So many great Spyderco knives and steels now, it's getting really hard to make a choice.
 
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