Professional Soldier Chipping

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I have two Professional Soldiers, one I narrowed the edge to about 10 degrees per side, and another sitting near stock never hard sharpened just touched up.

The narrow edged PS (my "beater" relatively) has been batoned through dried store bought firewood and not been abused, but hasn't been babied. My second PS has had an easier life just light cutting nothing too special, but it has a couple of small but noticeable chips in it, at this point they've mostly ben sharpened out, but they are chips none the less. I'm not concerned about it more than surprised. I don't want to throw any more fuel on the S30V being brittle fire.

Obviously I don't think this warrants any action other than sharpening them out, they are too small too be photographed and are mostly sharpened out but are very obvious when running your fingernail over the edge.
 
S30V seems a great steel for slicing and cutting chores, but if you want something to baton and use as a "bush" knife, I'd probably go for a carbon steel knife.
 
It's not for batoning, but the one I have used for batoning held up fine, it's the rather unused one I'm worried about, barely any use and no abuse and it's chipped.
 
Oh, I was thinking it was the batoning one....I don't know about that, I would think the thicker edge would be tougher. Though you may have struck the edge on something hard when cutting through something and just not remember. I've done that when not being careful.
 
That sounds pretty similar to my experience with the S30V Sebenzas (don't have any CRK fixed blades). The wear modality is more of an edge-chipping thing than an edge-deflecting thing.

The most instructive comparison I could make would be to a relatively similar blade in INFI - like a BAD vs. a Large Sebenza. Both knives take pretty close to the same edge in terms of sharpness. The 'Benza will hold onto its edge a little longer. The BAD can be easily restored on a strop quite a few times before a stone is needed, if you keep up with it. The Sebenza will strop back up maybe once or twice, but it responds much better to a ceramic stick for maintenance.

So basically, I am removing tiny amounts of material to maintain the S30V, and mostly re-aligning to maintain the INFI.

For a folder, it's six of one and a half dozen of the other. For a fixed blade, I like the tool steel/INFI behavior better. My fixed blades aren't used in corrosive environments though.

I haven’t come across any steel that I think would be much better for a utility folder than S30V. Different, yes, but not better.
 
...same issue here. I'm afraid I've overused mine. The stoutness of the blade made me over confident.
Overall it is a terrific little knife and the blade is a good compromise between a slicer & a toughy. ie. tough use would warrant more blade depth and a slicer would be a bit more hollow ground.
There is a lot of knife in this little pkg but I have to remind myself it is not 4.5" plus:D
 
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