New Knife Steel Ratings by Knife Steel Nerds

Fantastic article! I’m thoroughly enjoying my MagnaCut fixed blade and looking forward to getting a folder in it!
 
I read your report on Uddeholm's Vanadis 10, which was an attempt to beat the high edge-wear performance of Crucible's CPM 10V.

Vanadis 8 replaced Vanadis 10 because it was quite a bit tougher -- even tougher than 10V.

Uddeholm claims Vanadis 10 to be better than any other powder steel for edge wear. Do you have a sense where Vanadis 10 would fit on your edge-wear charts? I have a Vanadis 10 knife from Phil Wilson, so I'm curious about its edge wear.
 
Larrin Larrin do you know what the toughness properties of nitrobe 77 would be? Given its low carbide volume would it be safe to assume that it's in the upper echelon of toughness with steels 1v.
 
Twindog said:
I read your report on Uddeholm's Vanadis 10, which was an attempt to beat the high edge-wear performance of Crucible's CPM 10V.

Vanadis 8 replaced Vanadis 10 because it was quite a bit tougher -- even tougher than 10V.

Uddeholm claims Vanadis 10 to be better than any other powder steel for edge wear. Do you have a sense where Vanadis 10 would fit on your edge-wear charts? I have a Vanadis 10 knife from Phil Wilson, so I'm curious about its edge wear.
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Vanadis 10 would be around 10% better edge retention than 10V. Though the toughness would be at 15V levels or even worse.
 
Love it.

Lots of interesting points. A smaller one, I found it interesting how similar 14C28N compares to LC200N in the toughness/retention/corrosion resistance triplet, yet the first is almost considered budget trash for production folders and LC200N is so hyped
 
Thank you for another fascinating and helpful article. Too many only seem to care about edge retention, whereas your research is very balanced.
 
This is very interesting. Concerning edge retention, this is definitely ideal. It would have been nice to get a note on industry standards. For instance, notice that 8Cr13Mov, 14C28N, and Nitro-V are equally rated at 3 while BD1N and 440A are equally rated at 3.5... The reality for mass-produced knives in these steels is a very different situation!
 
kreole said:
Lots of interesting points. A smaller one, I found it interesting how similar 14C28N compares to LC200N in the toughness/retention/corrosion resistance triplet, yet the first is almost considered budget trash for production folders and LC200N is so hyped
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Yes, I used to be excited by the prospect of LC200N (I live in Florida, where either it's raining or I'm sweating ), but now 14C28N, AEB-L, and 420HC seem considerably more attractive considering the prices.
 
Who's currently making knives available for sale using MagnaCut?

It would make a great Spyderco Mule Team Project blade but good luck getting one if it's ever made. LOL! ;)

PS: Also I found this article written by Larrin Larrin specifically about MagnaCut very interesting.
 
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kreole said:
Love it.

Lots of interesting points. A smaller one, I found it interesting how similar 14C28N compares to LC200N in the toughness/retention/corrosion resistance triplet, yet the first is almost considered budget trash for production folders and LC200N is so hyped
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It's interesting isn't it? I always marvel at 14C28N after reading his articles, and keep coming back to it. It's just a great all around EDC steel.
 
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