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[Joseph Bandeko]

S45VN, S90VN, S30V, and D2
Oh wait: that's 4...

I’m curious as to why you choose both S45VN and S30V? I haven’t had any experience with S45VN yet but I feel like there going to be so close that one or the other would be just fine, no?

 

[RousingRabbles]

Although I haven’t had any experience with it yet, magnacut seems like a great all around choice, so my top three based on idealistic attributes are:

Magnacut
D3V
CTS-XHP

 

[Bob Denman]

I’m curious as to why you choose both S45VN and S30V? I haven’t had any experience with S45VN yet but I feel like there going to be so close that one or the other would be just fine, no?

That one was a TOUGH call!
I love S30V: but I'm always touching up the edges...
S45VN holds an edge a whole lot longer; so I hope that it is a true improvement...

 

[HP2114B]

That one was a TOUGH call!
I love S30V: but I'm always touching up the edges...
S45VN holds an edge a whole lot longer; so I hope that it is a true improvement...

S45VN has lower edge retention than S30V, when controlled for HRC and geometry. What models are you comparing?

 

[Bob Denman]

I haven't found that to be the case...

 

[dundak]

1095
440C
D2

 

[badmatt]

ZDP189
Rex121 but it would have to be from the man Triple B.
S35vn

 

[AntDog]

INFI, 52100, A2.

 

[Chippa]

Lc200N, S35, Cruwear

 

[HP2114B]

I haven't found that to be the case...

Nonetheless, it is a fact. What models are you comparing?

 

[sgt1372]

Probably M390, 3V & VG10, which each have different plus & minuses/price points and each is best suited for different uses/applications.

 

[Bob Denman]

Nonetheless, it is a fact. What models are you comparing?

The S45VN in my Hinderer XM-18 holds an edge for more than twice as long as any of my S30V Benchmades...

 

[Bob Denman]

The S45VN in my Hinderer XM-18 holds an edge for more than twice as long as any of my S30V Benchmades.

It could be the grind of the blades...

 

[jstn]

Delta 3V, MagnaCut, and LC200N. Easy.

 

[VorpelSword]

If you could only have knives/blades in 3 different steels what would those 3 steels be?

That implies that I could have ANY three knives I want . . .dso

I'd want a Chris Reeve large Sebenza 31 in S35VN or their latest steel, S40VN.

I'd want a Leatherman Wave in S35VN/S40VN too (OK, that would be a custom blade).

Don't quiite know about a third knife or a third steel . . . .thinking, maybe something in Magnacut.

 

[VorpelSword]

Interesting to note that no one goes for any of the 440C or similar stainless steels.

 

[Joseph Bandeko]

I'm not sure why some of you are misinterpreting the question, you can have a thousand knives, it's that all of them have to be in 3 steels.

 

[coolbreezy37]

Busse TGULB in INFI
Swamp Rat Mega Ratweiler in SR101 (52100)
Becker BK9 in 1095 CV

 

[kobold]

Interesting to note that no one goes for any of the 440C or similar stainless steels.

dundak wrote 440C above.

 

[19-3ben]

AEB-L and 80CrV2

Honestly there is really nothing that I couldn’t do with just those two. For my purposes, all of my bases are covered. As a lover of carbon steel, I could add 52100, 1095, O1, or 5160 pretty much interchangeably as the third steel to the two above, but at that point it’s just for fun.