New CPM Steel: Magnamax?

[elevator man]

I know it's all speculation. But I am excited. If it's anything close to a stainless k390 I will be saving dollars for an endura as soon as it's made and enlisting a maker on here to make me a kitchen chefs knife out of it. That sounds like the perfect kitchen knife steel to me.

 

[elevator man]

Judging by whose enlisted to help test this prototype, should be good stuff regardless of the exact specs

 

[JTR357]

interesting. looking forward to see more details and such as it comes out.

pretty neat era we're in nowadays..... where we have specific steels being formulated for cutlery uses........

I agree. It reminds me of when S30V first came out. It was a great all-around steel created just for cutlery, but now there are super-steels geared towards specific applications. Definitely an interesting time to live in the knife world!

 

[shinyedges]

Magnacug !

 

[Matthew Gregory]

I struck out, this season. Weird weather and some traffic changes on the lot I hunt left me empty-handed.

My friend, however, managed to score a doe and put his blade made in this prototype alloy through its paces. You can read about it HERE

 

[SimplyMinded]

A new steel? Only.one way to handle this- sell those obsolete old magnacut knives to me for pennies on the dollar.

 

[Jdottinger]

Bradford is selling a prototype guardian with “MagnaTuff” 63-64hrc

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Bradford is selling a prototype guardian with “MagnaTuff” 63-64hrc

Bradford’s advertising dept got a little ahead of themselves and decided that they could name the alloy all on their own.


They can’t.

It’s not - and won’t - be called MagnaTuff.


We’re all using the same prototype alloy - some of us just seem to understand what an NDA is, and others… well, maybe others just aren’t quite that sharp.

 

[StrangeDaze]

It’s only natural that the existence of MagnaCut alludes to the existence of MagnaSlice and MagnaChop. You’ll need three separate tools if you want to be able to do all three!

 

[Alberta Ed]

Always interesting to see new developments in steels, but it's hard to see how incremental changes make much difference in the real world. Magnacut is going to be tough to beat.

 

[Jdottinger]

Bradford’s advertising dept got a little ahead of themselves and decided that they could name the alloy all on their own.


They can’t.

It’s not - and won’t - be called MagnaTuff.


We’re all using the same prototype alloy - some of us just seem to understand what an NDA is, and others… well, maybe others just aren’t quite that sharp.

Thank you for the reply. I found it rather strange that they were trying to sell off the steel already.

 

[adluginb]

They’re not trying they actually have it listed for purchase now.

 

[Jdottinger]

They’re not trying they actually have it listed for purchase now.

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It’s been live for almost a week. Not sure if they’re actually sending out blades or if it’s a preorder.

 

[Blues]

That's some real b.s. if they actually violated the NDA they had agreed to.

(Matt, check your box for an inbound DM)

 

[navman]

I'm still waiting for the specs on CPM S100V.... (and yes I know this prototype steel is not it.)

 

[Ilikesharpstuff]

It’s been live for almost a week. Not sure if they’re actually sending out blades or if it’s a preorder.

There's nothing on that product page that indicates it is a preorder.

 

[TC]

When in doubt, refer to the USPTO trademark database:

https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98706982&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

 

[Riz!]

It’s only natural that the existence of MagnaCut alludes to the existence of MagnaSlice and MagnaChop. You’ll need three separate tools if you want to be able to do all three!

Dont forget MagnaHack and MagnaSlash

 

[Blues]

MagnaNimous

The steel that keeps on giving.



('Tis the season.)

 

[J. Doyle]

That's some real b.s. if they actually violated the NDA they had agreed to.

(Matt, check your box for an inbound DM)

Exactly what I was thinking. Pretty ballsy to think they're entitled to name it, in addition to implying that there even is a "Magna" "family" abd this steel belongs in it.

Raises some questions (and an eyebrow):

1. Were they included in the authorized beta testers? And were they given enough to make a "run" of it? And what happens if the chemistry changes?

2. Were they even authorized to start marketing and selling it?

It looks bad on them at first glance in light of what Matthew Gregory is telling us (whom I believe fully, as I know him well and trust him 100% AND I know the close connections he has with these things).