S30v, s90v and s110v destruction test results.

Surfingringo said:
I have worked with thinly ground s90v (think fillet knife thin) and it works fine pushing through very large rib bones on snapper and other large fish. I have both sawed and pushed through 1/8"+ fish bones without any significant edge damage. That is sharpened at 30 degrees with a 40 degree microbevel. I have some thinly ground m4 blades that seem to be nearly impossible to chip that I use for some of the heavier work but s90v hasn't proven to be problematic even under pretty harsh work loads.
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I really want to beat on some m4 :p Everyone keeps saying how tough it is.
 
SBaker34 said:
I really need to preorder that bradley 2, and the s110v pm2, come to think of it there is a lot of knives I need to preorder.
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I will find it very interesting to see what differences you note between s110v and m4 in your testing.
 
Cool info... and who doesn't like destruction tests? This was the push I needed to handle up one of my S110V Mules and get out and see what it will do. Thanks.
 
SBaker34 said:
If a M4 Para was already up for preorder I definitely would [emoji1]
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Ah yeah you're right, sorry.

Another steel I'm looking forward to see tested is HAP40, which is up for preorder, but not available in PM2.
 
jpm2 said:
Ah yeah you're right, sorry.

Another steel I'm looking forward to see tested is HAP40, which is up for preorder, but not available in PM2.
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Now that you mention it I need to go ahead and put my preorder in.
 
You took it to a new level SBaker34, I've seen you around but now your are known as "He aint scared!". Pushing a new forum knife and throwing away precious edge metal on two other great knives has made all of us question if we could be so bold. I have three Spyderco knives that I have accepted to use at all cost but seeing what you were doing still made me cringe, I have knives I'm trying to keep the factory edge on.that would sound silly to me just a few years back knowing what I've done to lesser knives.

nice post.
 
Cravin01 said:
You took it to a new level SBaker34, I've seen you around but now your are known as "He aint scared!". Pushing a new forum knife and throwing away precious edge metal on two other great knives has made all of us question if we could be so bold. I have three Spyderco knives that I have accepted to use at all cost but seeing what you were doing still made me cringe, I have knives I'm trying to keep the factory edge on.that would sound silly to me just a few years back knowing what I've done to lesser knives.

nice post.
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I'm the same way. But I end up getting no satisfaction out of them keeping them mint. This way I can give them some battle scars and contribute to the forum. Also gives confidence to use them as needed of course. I of course try not to destroy them intentionally. I just beat on them a bit.

And I've destroyed plenty of cheaper knives [emoji1]
 
We are generally about function first. Any type of "test" is testing the function of; materials, construction, design, etc. We all learn from these experiences. One of my mentors, Dick Newick, said "You have to exceed the limit to find the limit". That's why we have a testing lab with CATRA machine, breaking machine, rusting, etc.

sal
 
Sal Glesser said:
... One of my mentors, Dick Newick, said "You have to exceed the limit to find the limit". That's why we have a testing lab with CATRA machine, breaking machine, rusting, etc.

sal
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That kind of inspiration helps explain why you make some of the best production knives around :cool: :thumbup:

After posting my initial questions about R&D and testing of these and other steels, I realize that no matter how much research you and other companies do in the context of in house R&D, end-user real world testing (of all kinds) probably ends up being as valuable to you and your company, Sal, as it is to us other end-users. Anyway, I look forward to shaking your hand in Vegas this weekend Sir :)
 
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