S30V blade chip: my fault or Spyderco's fault?

Nevermind...

I have had my coffee now.
Let's just say, "no, it is not Spyderco's fault, in my opinion."
 
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1) I didn't climb the ladder to work on cable. There was a cable that happened to be in the way while I was working on something else.

2) I've never heard the term 'dykes' used to describe a tool before. What are dykes? Diagonal cutting pliers is my best guess.

3) I guess I have an answer to my question...nobody thinks an S30V knife should be able to cut TV cable without sustaining damage. Fair enough, it was an honest question, but I must admit I am surprised by the answers. I've seen guys hacking through all sorts of wire and cables with their pocketknives for years and haven't heard complaints about edge damage.

I ended up repairing it with a Lansky diamond set last night. It took about 1/2 hour, but that is partially because I reprofiled the edge to 25 degrees rather than the factory 20. It might be a bit less delicate at that angle.
 
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Glad you got it worked out, sorry if I offended you.

I am a HUGE fan of thin edges...even with that I do not take S30V below 30 inclusive. If it came at 20, then such damage would exceed my expectations (I would have expected more carnage with S30V at a 20 against cable).

Dykes, side cutters, heavy duty wire cutters...all the same thing. Like knives they vary in quality, and the good ones are worth the price.

What I use:
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No offense taken. That was 20 per side (40 inclusive) and now it's at 25 (50 inclusive). I don't think anything is very stable at 20 inclusive except maybe a scalpel blade.
 
The factory edge looked more like 15 per side . My manix 2 came the same way with a very thin edge , very sharp but looks brittle to me !
 
nemo said:
same here with many blades and edges (even on sebbies)... Cutting metal with metal is not the best use of a knife.
But, your are lucky, it's easy to reshape. Tools are meant to be used.
enjoy your new serrated edge ! :d
but 15 minutes on a stone and it will be plain edge again anyway.
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+1 Haha
 
Had the blade been VG10 or a lower-grade steel it probably would have rolled rather than chipped. Just one of the trade-ins you make with the ultra-hard premium steels.

Also, "dykes" is shorthand for "diagonal cutters" but is usually used for the fanciers ones with the wire stripping holes, etc. If you worked in cable install, computer networking, or other fields where their use is common, you would have heard it.
 
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elkins45 said:
3) I guess I have an answer to my question...nobody thinks an S30V knife should be able to cut TV cable without sustaining damage. Fair enough, it was an honest question, but I must admit I am surprised by the answers. I've seen guys hacking through all sorts of wire and cables with their pocketknives for years and haven't heard complaints about edge damage.
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That's because we expect edge damage when we do things like that, so we don't bother to complain about it or blame it on the knife.
 
Not the first nor probably the last spyderco S30V blade with that problem. The edge is sometimes too acute for the steel hardness, or it got a little too hot in final sharpening. I had the same problem with my T-Mag. I reprofiled to the wider sharpmaker angle and had no problem from then on. One edge can't please the "edge freaks" who like it super acute to cut free hanging rice paper and whittle arm hair and also please the "real men" who expect their knives to cut anything that's less then the rockewll hardness of their blade.
 
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