Random Thought Thread

Nathan the Machinist said:
S35VN is an under appreciated steel. People rave about M390 but I think well done S35VN is better unless you're cutting a lot of soft abrasive materials like insulation foam board and carpet a lot. But my own personal knives tend to go dull from a combination of narrow sharpening angle coupled with rough use such as small impacts and contact against hard objects while cutting wire, deburring various work pieces and scraping where edge stability/durability is more important than pure abrasion wear resistance and I have found that S35VN holds together better. They missed the target with S30V and I think that may have tainted people's perceptions with subsequent steels and someone there seems overly occupied with high alloy high carbide steel due to the wear resistance seen in different kinds of abrasion erosion tests and a poor understanding of how real knives actually go dull in use. People get excited about the wrong things and overlook some really prime options.
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What would you suggest then for the carpet and foam insulating board cutting?

Picking your brain to replace a booger earlier that had a bit of brain on it that I need to replace...
 
CataD said:
I've had a Hinderer FXM in S35VN rust after I washed it (dish soap, tap water) and not wipe it dry for a day :(, so not the best experience. I left a XM 18 in 20CV wet for days...

. Do you recommend a maker that does a good job on S35VN, pls?

Cheers!
C.
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That’s surprising to me, I have Nyala from CRK that I use to field dress white tail deer and have left it in the bed of the truck completely covered in blood and goo, wrapped in bloody rubber gloves for at least a day, not a bit of staining or rust. I do have a large Sebenza 21 that did take a very faint stain, like I touched it with the tip of a pencil, from the same treatment- still pretty impressive to me.
To me S30V and S35VN are great steels for outdoor use and I’m sure they’d be even better with a slightly harder heat treat. Surprising that it did that from a name like Hinderer, but, nobody is perfect and there’s a reason I won’t touch S35 from CRK for the first 3 years that they used it.
On a side note, that HDFK that you sold me is absolutely awesome! Thanks for selling me my first CPK at a more than fair price!
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
What would you suggest then for the carpet and foam insulating board cutting?

Picking your brain to replace a booger earlier that had a bit of brain on it that I need to replace...
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Personally I really like well done D2 such as mine or Dozier's
 
1AbominAble1 said:
That’s surprising to me, I have Nyala from CRK that I use to field dress white tail deer and have left it in the bed of the truck completely covered in blood and goo, wrapped in bloody rubber gloves for at least a day, not a bit of staining or rust. I do have a large Sebenza 21 that did take a very faint stain, like I touched it with the tip of a pencil, from the same treatment- still pretty impressive to me.
To me S30V and S35VN are great steels for outdoor use and I’m sure they’d be even better with a slightly harder heat treat. Surprising that it did that from a name like Hinderer, but, nobody is perfect and there’s a reason I won’t touch S35 from CRK for the first 3 years that they used it.
On a side note, that HDFK that you sold me is absolutely awesome! Thanks for selling me my first CPK at a more than fair price!
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That may be why the blade on my Inkosi won't hold an edge.......
 
Grenock said:
If you are talking about the one with ECAM scales and a set of rag scales too, it was priced at or below maker’s price shipped for that combo.
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I didn't know that. Thanks for the information.

RE: the FK2 on eBay. what folks who don't sell on eBay don't seem to know is that eBay takes 10%* off the top plus another 10% of the shipping charge. Then, PayPal takes another 3%. So, if the knife sells for
$425, the seller will net about $368. That's still a decent profit on that knife.


*That isn't bad. I think other sites that sell your knife charge 20% or more.
 
Not sure if this is the proper thread for my question, but here it is:
Can anyone confirm the existence of a 'swedgeless' UF? Recently caught the UF bug, then mistook a DEK for one (weird photo angle). Now Im wondering if such a thing may have already been produced…
 
Visyoual said:
Not sure if this is the proper thread for my question, but here it is:
Can anyone confirm the existence of a 'swedgeless' UF? Recently caught the UF bug, then mistook a DEK for one (weird photo angle). Now Im wondering if such a thing may have already been produced…
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Your Q started my nerding out! There was once an anomaly which was a Nathan made knife with a 5 inch blade which was kinda UF looking without the swedge. Otherwise all 6" UFs come with a swedge grind.

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Thanks for diggin that out! I did some bf/whole web searches and came up empty. Honestly I could have seen that exact image and just not noticed it sitting quietly up top.

A rarity such as that…I can probably let that dream go then. I have an FK1 that I absolutely adore, but the UF has been catching my eye recently. Have one inbound as of last night and cant wait to give it a run.
 
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