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I was looking at the 2006 catalog today, and there are a few models - most significantly the Military and Para-Military - with black blade variations.
But these blackened blades are S30V - a steel which hardly requires the protection of DLC. It occurs to me that this is kind of a wasted opportunity to have non-stainless steel variations without increasing the SKU count. Imagine if the black blade Military and Para were M4 or S3V instead of S30V.
It seems like this would add an interesting variation for everyone, it would introduce Spyderco to a new group of afis who only buy or strongly prefer non-stainless steels, and it would still satisfy the black blade market as the current variant does.
Any disadvantages? Arguments against?
It seemed to work for BM's AFCK, with satin-finished ATS-34 and BT-coated M2 variants.
Thoughts on M4, S3V, or something else in the Mil/ParaMil platforms?
But these blackened blades are S30V - a steel which hardly requires the protection of DLC. It occurs to me that this is kind of a wasted opportunity to have non-stainless steel variations without increasing the SKU count. Imagine if the black blade Military and Para were M4 or S3V instead of S30V.
It seems like this would add an interesting variation for everyone, it would introduce Spyderco to a new group of afis who only buy or strongly prefer non-stainless steels, and it would still satisfy the black blade market as the current variant does.
Any disadvantages? Arguments against?
It seemed to work for BM's AFCK, with satin-finished ATS-34 and BT-coated M2 variants.
Thoughts on M4, S3V, or something else in the Mil/ParaMil platforms?