Spyderco Military Cru-Wear Edge Angles Are?

[GatorFlash1]

What angles is Spyderco putting on this knife?

 

[9blades]

They shoot for 30 I believe, give or take a little.

 

[singularity35]

I rebeveled mine to 30°. It took a bit of time to get there since it was nowhere near.

 

[RevDevil]

They vary from knife to knife as they are hand sharpened on a belt. Some are more obtuse while others are acute.

 

[singularity35]

They vary from knife to knife as they are hand sharpened on a belt. Some are more obtuse while others are acute.

This^^

 

[JNewell]

This^^

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[Vegas Blade]

I have re-profiled all of mine at various degrees based on the steel. Most have been really close to 25-30*. When I have done a re profile to 25*, it has not taken very long at all.

 

[salmonkiller]

I would say mine was a little over 30 out of the box. It re-profiled quickly and I like the steel.A light coat of Froglube has kept the steel looking like stainless.

 

[bdmicarta]

They vary from knife to knife as they are hand sharpened on a belt. Some are more obtuse while others are acute.

And I've seen the angles vary from one end of the blade to the other, although Spyderco is better in this regard than some other manufacturers.

 

[GatorFlash1]

Does the 25-30 degree inclusive edge seem to be holding up well? I can put a razor edge on any knife, but many will not hold it very long.

I'm curious to know how Cru-Wear stands up to say D2 or S30V or VG-10. I'm not exactly sure what the Spyderco wizards saw in it other than the fact that it was a different, new type of knife steel. I wonder what other purposes it is used for other than knives.

 

[kreole]

Does the 25-30 degree inclusive edge seem to be holding up well? I can put a razor edge on any knife, but many will not hold it very long.

I'm curious to know how Cru-Wear stands up to say D2 or S30V or VG-10. I'm not exactly sure what the Spyderco wizards say in it other than the fact that it was a different, new type of knife steel. I wonder what other purposes it is used for other than knives.

The fun of getting a new steel for the first time is experimenting to see how low works for your uses

 

[The Mastiff]

I'm curious to know how Cru-Wear stands up to say D2 or S30V or VG-10. I'm not exactly sure what the Spyderco wizards saw in it other than the fact that it was a different, new type of knife steel. I wonder what other purposes it is used for other than knives.

Cruwear is a cold work tool steel that is used as an upgrade to D2. It's both tougher and more wear resistant than D2. Not quite as corrosion resistant as D2 though. Cruwear is in the same family as Vascowear ( now out of production), as well as others like PD-1, Z wear ( both have same composition. These are powder steel, as is the CPM Cruwear that Spyderco is using) There is also an ingot version that was used in the Spyderco mule team program. It's a cousin of 3V. Not quite as tough, but a little bit more wear resistant.

There are lots of posts about this steel as well as lots of manufacturer info available. Search here, as well as Google can give you hours of online browsing.

As far as why Spyderco used it? Perhaps the same reason Gerber used Vascowear ( "V" steel) in the 80's, and Strider has used PD-1 and Z wear. It makes very good knives.

Who knows. Perhaps Someone kept asking Sal to use Cruwear and he finally relented. Who really knows.

 

[TheModernNeanderthal]

Cruwear is a cold work tool steel that is used as an upgrade to D2. It's both tougher and more wear resistant than D2. Not quite as corrosion resistant as D2 though. Cruwear is in the same family as Vascowear ( now out of production), as well as others like PD-1, Z wear ( both have same composition. These are powder steel, as is the CPM Cruwear that Spyderco is using) There is also an ingot version that was used in the Spyderco mule team program. It's a cousin of 3V. Not quite as tough, but a little bit more wear resistant.

There are lots of posts about this steel as well as lots of manufacturer info available. Search here, as well as Google can give you hours of online browsing.

As far as why Spyderco used it? Perhaps the same reason Gerber used Vascowear ( "V" steel) in the 80's, and Strider has used PD-1 and Z wear. It makes very good knives.

Who knows. Perhaps Someone kept asking Sal to use Cruwear and he finally relented. Who really knows.

I say we lobby for more Cruwear

 

[GatorFlash1]

Cruwear is a cold work tool steel that is used as an upgrade to D2. It's both tougher and more wear resistant than D2. Not quite as corrosion resistant as D2 though. Cruwear is in the same family as Vascowear ( now out of production), as well as others like PD-1, Z wear ( both have same composition. These are powder steel, as is the CPM Cruwear that Spyderco is using) There is also an ingot version that was used in the Spyderco mule team program. It's a cousin of 3V. Not quite as tough, but a little bit more wear resistant.

There are lots of posts about this steel as well as lots of manufacturer info available. Search here, as well as Google can give you hours of online browsing.

As far as why Spyderco used it? Perhaps the same reason Gerber used Vascowear ( "V" steel) in the 80's, and Strider has used PD-1 and Z wear. It makes very good knives.

Who knows. Perhaps Someone kept asking Sal to use Cruwear and he finally relented. Who really knows.

Thanks for the good info. I did some researching on Google but really could not find a great deal of information from actual Cru-Wear users. Lots of chemistry and metallurgy comments though. It seems like it is moving away from the shiny non-corrosive stainless steels like the many 440's, etc.

 

[olpappy]

The reason there's not much information to be found is because it's not been used on many knives. Although it doesn't have as much chromium as some other steels, it is tough and as stated above a bit similar to cpm 3V but more wear resistant.