S90v blade damage, didn't expect this! Photo.

Hedges? lol I do offer free lifetime resharpening, for only the cost of return shipping, if you would ever decide to go that route. Just send it to the shop address, with a note letting us know it's coming back for resharpening and include a few bucks for return postage. And what everyone else said above me. haha

-Guy
 
Nice post Guy. It just needs a touch up, prolly a steel and strop or high grit stone would do it. Or just microbevel it and move on.
 
I'd say the knife did extremely well under the circumstances. I'd give it a big :thumbup:
 
I agree with JNewell. This knife did exceptionally well for such a high carbide stainless. It says a lot about the design, heat treat and in general the whole package designed by Guy at Survive. If I designed and made that S90V knife and it looked that good after use I'd be proud.

Good stuff!
 
Totally funny. Guy, I hesitated to mention it was one of your knives and actually went back into the post to add that right after writing. I figured people would wonder. Of course my question was more about s90v then anything else. I suppose heat treat counts for a lot but have no doubt that Peter did a great job.

I now have a bunch of powder steel but hadn't used any of it in a way that it would bump up against a rock. Spyderco mostly...but won't be sticking any folders in the dirt.

Again, I knew full well the knife could make contact with something down there, so I was pretty slow and methodical. It was actually some urban fun. If course my affluent neighbors are all wondering why I'm mucking around in the dirt instead of having the landscapers have all the fun.

For all who may be wondering....think about a Survive! Knife. They're awesome. I'm waiting for the CPM-20v I think it is, coming out eventually. I want a GSO 5.1 next.
 
I'm eagerly awaiting (by mail) DMT continuous diamond stones in course and fine to be able to bring back this high carbide blade! I'll combine that with the Sharpmaker and will post updated image when done. I also have the 306 ultra fine I will try.
 
That was also my first attempt at close up. I used a Peak 8x loupe with my iPhone 5. It was a balancing act but sort of worked.
 
I wasn't surprised about DULLNESS digging in the ground....at least I don't think that's what I wrote. There are micro chips that didn't photograph well. But maybe that's what "dull" looks line under 8x. I don't have a lot of experience with looking at blades under magnification.

I wanted to dull the knife. Now I have something to do when my DMT's arrive. ;-)
 
Those are really micro-chips.
Sharpen it back up, and use again. :)

My Junglas got a nice ding when I was using it as a brush clearing hiking machete and one of the things I was cutting out of the way had a piece of barbed wire inside it (wood often has inclusions like this, or rocks in it).
I just said "Oh well", and sharpened it back up.
It still has a ding visible, but it still cuts stuff just fine...which is what it's for. :thumbup:
 
Oh, this is a USER, just as Guy intends. No safe queens for his man tools. Next I'm going to stab quarters, try to saw through steel pipe (or plunge cut with a sledge hammer), then hammer in nails with the tang.....not really.
 
This just shows the inferiority of steel blades. I prefer obsidian bladed cutting tools. When I chip the edges they actually get sharper! :D:p
 
When I'm done sharpening this back up I'll make and upload a video showing it cutting atoms....of course the energy release that will result may well melt the knife, the camera, the computer, me and my town. Such is the risk in over sharpening one of Guy's knives.
 
AmericanEDC said:
When I'm done sharpening this back up I'll make and upload a video showing it cutting atoms....of course the energy release that will result may well melt the knife, the camera, the computer, me and my town. Such is the risk in over sharpening one of Guy's knives.
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Haha. I will look for you in the news then :D.
 
I'd start with molecules before moving to atoms. They're easier to see, and when you cut H2O, the oxygen released give you a nice rush :)

AmericanEDC said:
When I'm done sharpening this back up I'll make and upload a video showing it cutting atoms....of course the energy release that will result may well melt the knife, the camera, the computer, me and my town. Such is the risk in over sharpening one of Guy's knives.
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American EDC; assuming you're as new here as your join date would indicate...I commend you on taking the "you should've expected that" responses with grace. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Good to have you here.

And carry on...push the limits...put some use on your knives. They're like any tool; never appreciated until tested, and just keep getting cooler as the mileage increases. And unless you do something really silly, you, or a member here, can usually get them back in usable order.
 
Thanks J_Curd. Yeah, I was actually expecting to split any rocks this super steel came in contact with upon contact and then "S" curve through a phone book sheet and cut wet towel, then do some hair whittling, all on video.

Take it all in stride.

I've collected knives since I was a Cub Scout with my first Buck and Schrade.
 
If only they made a portable water jet, I'd want one too! ;)

In all seriousness, the toughest knife I have ever owned is a D2 Kershaw Outcast...it somehow ended up at 64-65 RC. I tried EVERYTHING to sharpen it....sent it to Richard_J for his crazy sharpening skills on his big belt sander....a few belts later it came back crazy sharp. I've chopped sandstone with it and BARELY rolled the edge. It's got some Jedi magic in it or something.
 
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