S60V by CPM - Show 'em if You Got 'em

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I picked up this Böker A/F-style TI-handled, steel liner-lock, flipper flapper folder (no clapper clocker copper caper product, Johnny Carson and Jack Webb assured me) some time ago, and I see it's in S60V. A lot of handle for not that much of a blade, btw. I will post a side-by-side shot with a CRK Nyala for comparison later when the light is better. In any case, the first S60V knife for me, so I looked this steel up and came across (of course) this interesting post

Larrin

Thread 'CPM-S60V – The Forgotten Super Steel'

New article about a steel not often discussed – CPM-S60V. The steel never seemed to take off and now is more or less forgotten. I covered the steel’s development and use in knives including why it didn’t succeed. Then tests of its toughness and edge retention and whether I think it should make a comeback. https://knifesteelnerds.com/2020/08/17/cpm-s60v-the-forgotten-super-steel/
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More of a collector's piece for me, but if you have some favorites or users in S60V let's see and hear about them here!
 
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I remember the Shinook from a knife magazine article from probably 20 years ago, a bit of a review, the guy was skinning a deer with it and singing its praises, I thought it looked badass and wanted one, but the price was higher than I was comfortable spending on a knife at the time so it was out of reach, but I saved that magazine and may have hung the page on my wall right beside another magazine pic of a CZ-75 that I also thought looked equally badass but also unaffordable.

Sadly I have yet to acquire either, and I still think they both look badass to this day.
 
TC said:
I picked up this Böker A/F-style TI-handled, steel liner-lock, flipper flapper folder (no clapper clocker copper caper product, Johnny Carson and Jack Webb assured me) some time ago, and I see it's in S60V. A lot of handle for not that much of a blade, btw. I will post a side-by-side shot with a CRK Nyala for comparison later when the light is better. In any case, the first S60V knife for me, so I looked this steel up and came across (of course) this interesting post

Larrin

Thread 'CPM-S60V – The Forgotten Super Steel'

New article about a steel not often discussed – CPM-S60V. The steel never seemed to take off and now is more or less forgotten. I covered the steel’s development and use in knives including why it didn’t succeed. Then tests of its toughness and edge retention and whether I think it should make a comeback. https://knifesteelnerds.com/2020/08/17/cpm-s60v-the-forgotten-super-steel/
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by Larrin Larrin







More of a collector's piece for me, but if you have some favorites or users in S60V let's see and hear about them here!
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I have this knife. bought it decade ago think it was. been a fan of s60v for awhile now.
 
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I'll have to check but if 440V = 60V, I should have a few of them & they should all be Spydies.
 
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tiguy7 said:
The one in the middle is a Kershaw Ricochet with an S-60-V blade. It started out as a drop point, but I modified it to a clip point. The polished G-10 scales are a little unusual. It was one of the first assisted knives.View attachment 2689003
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I think you've shown that modified Regular Sebenza before, but WOW, though I love the original blade shape, that is extremely cool!
 
It was Tony Bose's favorite steel back in the day.

I have at least a handful of Spydercos with the steel. Military, Terzuola, etc., and some others which don't immediately come to mind.
 
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Larrin wrote in the linked- to article: “The first that we have a record for was a steel called CPM-440V, which later came to be known CPM-S60V.”
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I read the article & saw the quoted statement, which is why I mentioned it.

Guess it would have been better if I said. . .

"if 440V = 60V as stated by Larrin in his article entitled CPM 60V -The Forgotten Super Steel that is hyperlinked in the 1st post in this thread . . ."

but I thought that would be unnecessarily wordy. LOL!🤷
 
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Still have to check the rest of my collection but you can find pics of a Gen 1 440V 2 screw clip Millie & a Gen 1 440V Starmate that I recently purchased in Posts #56 & 57 in this thread here: Recent Spyderco Acquisitions.
 
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I just checked all 9 of my "small" Spyderco storage bags containing about 160 Spydie folders & I was surprised to discovered that the Gen 1 Millie & Starmate are the only Spydies w/440V blades in my collection. 😲

Lots of other blade steels, including but not limited to VG10, S30V, S35VN, S90V, Gin 1/2, ATS-34, ATS-55, M390, M4 & CTS-XHP but not any other 440V's. Checked some but not all of my fixed blade Spydies but I doubt any of them were made w/440V either.

I do have a couple of Spydies with blades marked as 440C: 1) a Herbst Aluminum (C53P) & 2) a Spyderfly (B01P). I assume 440C is not the same as 440V/60V but, if someone who knows says that it is, I'll be happy to post pics of them here.

Otherwise, AFAIK, I do not own any other Spydies with blades made w/60V (or equivalent) steel. 🤷‍♂️

PS: I also checked about 60 vintage Kershaws in my collection. Most of them have no markings but are marked as ATS-34, VG10, D2, Elmax, S90V, S110V or M390 when marked at all.
 
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I assume 440C is not the same as 440V/60V
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No, it's explained - in detail of course - in the article linked to in my top post.

In short: S60V has a lot more carbon than 440C, plus vanadium (hence the V) that "uses" that extra carbon to form hard vanadium carbides. 440C has no vanadium at all.
 
TC said:
No, it's explained - in detail of course - in the article linked to in my top post.

In short: S60V has a lot more carbon than 440C, plus vanadium (hence the V) that "uses" that extra carbon to form hard vanadium carbides. 440C has no vanadium at all.
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I think you meant to say:

"Yes, you're correct, they're not the same."

At least that's how I read it. 😉
 
HP2114B said:
Here's another Spyderco in 440V, a first production Gunting manufactured on 2000-10-16. Later they changed over to S30V, which I believe is actually the rarer variant. The trainer is GIN-1.
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I've got an S30V Gunting & I'm going to try to resist the impulse to find & buy a 440V Gunting too. :cool:
 
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