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I decided this week to do some corrosion resistance testing on s110v, using the Manix LW as the platform. As most of you know, I saltwater fish from a kayak daily and usually carry one of my Salt knives. Most other steels can't take that level of exposure but s110v has shown itself to be at the top of the heap in corrosion resistance for "regular" stainless steels so I thought I would give it a go.
Anyway, about a half hour after sunrise I hooked a nice Barracuda on a Yozuri Crystal Minnow. Now here's the funny thing...yesterday I landed another one about this size and had him in the kayak for at least 20 seconds. I wasn't able to get a good grip on the slimy lil guy and he managed to flop himself right over the side. I was crushed! hahah. Anyway, I was determined that the same thing would not happen today so I got a leg over this one then got a good grip on him. Some fish are more docile than others once you get them out of the water...barracudas don't tend to be very docile, so as I usually do with unruly fish, I decided to brainstab him before trying to get things sorted out and get him in the hold.
The Manix LW is what I had, so the Manix is what I used. I would give the knife a 4 out of 10 in brainstabbing. haha. Honestly, the tip is not quite pointy enough and the blade is a bit wide. Also, a leaf shape does not penetrate as well as a blade with a straight spine. Another disadvantage is the blade is a bit too wide to twist once you get it inserted. Add to that the head of Barracuda is very bony and difficult to penetrate anyway and it left me having to use a little more pressure than felt safe, but I managed to insert it and stop all the flopping.
Overall, the Manix does ok on the water. I love the design, but to really qualify as a kayak fishing friendly knife I would need one with an lc200n blade. The steel did ok but there were some light rust spots after only 4 hours (it still did better than other stainless steels I've tested) and the edge had already broken down a bit due to the corrosion. The edge in the front third was pretty wrecked from levering it around in barracuda skull too.
By the time I was done with a full resharpening I was pretty much over the idea of using it in this way. H1 and lc200n are just too easy to maintain on the water. Whats more, when the edge does get mangled they are much easier and quicker to resharpen. So my final thoughts are that the Manix LW is an awesome design that is one of my favorite IWB edc knives, but it is not the right knife for what I do on the water. I would love to see more releases of this knife in different blade steels though!
**Also, today was one of those days that made me think about the upcoming Spyderco "fish hunter".
Anyway, about a half hour after sunrise I hooked a nice Barracuda on a Yozuri Crystal Minnow. Now here's the funny thing...yesterday I landed another one about this size and had him in the kayak for at least 20 seconds. I wasn't able to get a good grip on the slimy lil guy and he managed to flop himself right over the side. I was crushed! hahah. Anyway, I was determined that the same thing would not happen today so I got a leg over this one then got a good grip on him. Some fish are more docile than others once you get them out of the water...barracudas don't tend to be very docile, so as I usually do with unruly fish, I decided to brainstab him before trying to get things sorted out and get him in the hold.
The Manix LW is what I had, so the Manix is what I used. I would give the knife a 4 out of 10 in brainstabbing. haha. Honestly, the tip is not quite pointy enough and the blade is a bit wide. Also, a leaf shape does not penetrate as well as a blade with a straight spine. Another disadvantage is the blade is a bit too wide to twist once you get it inserted. Add to that the head of Barracuda is very bony and difficult to penetrate anyway and it left me having to use a little more pressure than felt safe, but I managed to insert it and stop all the flopping.
Overall, the Manix does ok on the water. I love the design, but to really qualify as a kayak fishing friendly knife I would need one with an lc200n blade. The steel did ok but there were some light rust spots after only 4 hours (it still did better than other stainless steels I've tested) and the edge had already broken down a bit due to the corrosion. The edge in the front third was pretty wrecked from levering it around in barracuda skull too.
By the time I was done with a full resharpening I was pretty much over the idea of using it in this way. H1 and lc200n are just too easy to maintain on the water. Whats more, when the edge does get mangled they are much easier and quicker to resharpen. So my final thoughts are that the Manix LW is an awesome design that is one of my favorite IWB edc knives, but it is not the right knife for what I do on the water. I would love to see more releases of this knife in different blade steels though!
**Also, today was one of those days that made me think about the upcoming Spyderco "fish hunter".
