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Could this be used as a hard use knife?
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That lockup looks perfect: very close to full engagement with still a little room for some settling over time. Full engagement removes shearing of the edge of the lock face as a failure mode.
I guess that depends on what "hard use" means to you? If you mean cutting lots and lots of material between sharpenings, then yes. If you mean battoning or chopping through wood, this may not be the best choice. I guess you're just interested in hypothetical questions though, if you actually had a use case you probably just would have asked that.
I guess that depends on what "hard use" means to you? If you mean cutting lots and lots of material between sharpenings, then yes. If you mean battoning or chopping through wood, this may not be the best choice. I guess you're just interested in hypothetical questions though, if you actually had a use case you probably just would have asked that.
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Ya, in theory hard use because you never know when you carry. My hunting folder is an m390 black pm3 but it's hard to clean after. Sometimes i have to cut small branches for where i set up to take aim(bigger ones i reach for my custom junglas on my bag) so i was curious how well it would handle the possibly of hard use. Would it be like d2, cpm154cm, 8cr13mov or what. I don't expect it to be 3v by looking at is make up
For a very in-depth discussion on 10V I'd pop over the the same thread on the Spyderco forums about this knife. In short, it's very hard and designed to be very wear resistant. This limits its impact resistance. So one property has been prioritized over another. If your idea of hard use is "you never know" then I would say that this is a bad choice, and you would want something less optimized for a particular property. However, for the use case you mentioned (skinning, cutting small branches), I think this knife would perform very well. However I would also think about whether you needed a folder this large considering you also have a large fixed blade with you, the PM2 might allow you to save weight if you were traveling far on foot.
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Thanks man. Sounds good. And as for weight, if I ever needed to save some weight I take my emergency rum bottle out of my bag and drink some of it lol. Instant loss of weight
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Well it's a folder and a liner lock that's not really built like a tank with really thick geometry etc as it weighs 6.2 oz, Ti Military weighs 5.9 oz......
So I would say from what I have experienced so far with the knife and CPM 10V that if you would do it with a Military then doing it with the K2 won't be a problem.
Think of it that way and you won't have any issues.
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Thanks man
Sounds good. I'm on the edge still pun not intended. I just hate cleaning blood out of the pm2 but the k2 sounds amazing minus the low rust resistance i see from the make up. It's currently between m4 gayle bradley (which will get custom scales) and 10v k2
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This would be very easy to clean and 10V isn't a rust magnet at all so I would lean towards this one over a GB... I have both.....
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Sounds good, I'm going to wait a bit before buying (bought 5 knives this month so far with s90v yojimbo 2 and a bob lum folding tanto eating up a bit of my knife funds.) I got an m4 hard on so I'll get am essential in m4 to satisfy that craving. Thanks for the help man. As always you are the man to ask when steel questions come up
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5 Knives. LOL
Well that would be understandable.
Why M4 though?
Not quite sure. It used to be the best steel in my eyes and the moment the m390 pm2 came out i picked one up. Of course its better in some regards but something about m4 just gets me. Show me a custom m4 fixed blade and folding combo and my nipples will become like glass cutters lol. Oddest analogy to date here? M4 is a remarkable steel all around. Not the best is all categories but still amazing. Hard to explain. Certainly you have a steel you love thats not the top of its class right? Just something you love to work with
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It looks like Jim built a beaver dam! Nice job there!
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Well it's at the top of the scale for production blades, CPM 10V at 63 HRC.
Indeed. There's always Everest!
By the way, well done with the test. :thumbup: I'm exhausted just watching the end product.
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Indeed. There's always Everest!
By the way, well done with the test. :thumbup: I'm exhausted just watching the end product.
Well I am worn out, still have the wood to do yet... Will do that tomorrow and write it up and post the full review.
Thinking about a video also... Short video...