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There seems to be a lot of conversation about S30V blades common in the spyderco having problems with the blade chipping, is there any truth to this?
 
I have an older Mili in S30V. Its been fantastic thus far with no chipping and has held a great edge. My para-mili has been on par too.
 
cpm s30v is a great steel if the company that is using it heat treats it right,and spyderco is one of them.I shouldn't chip under normal use.
 
My walmart native has been abused horribly and has never chipped. Sharpens pretty easily too. Russ
 
If you are referring to brownshoe's latest thread on chipping in Spyderco S30V, you should know that that individual has a long history as a troll in these parts. I've had him on ignore for a couple of years.

Oh, and I've not had any unexpected chipping in any of my S30V blades, of which I have many and baby none.
 
There is a thread in knife reviews on the subject, second or third page.

Some spyderco S30V chip, some chip badly but it appears most don't chip.

Some have reported S30V chipping with other manufacturers.
 
It's not just spyderco's s30v. There's been a few reports from other manufactuer's blades too. I remember posts from when s30v was the new wondersteel of the month. Now that spyderco uses s30v as a standard steel on US made knives (even in their walmart native) their blades tend to get used and thus reported on more often. I haven't had any problems with my mini-manix, though I did notice that it does chip a little easier than some of my other blades do. With a thin edge it doesn't seem to deform at all, instead of denting or folding a bit, it makes a really small chip. Overall though it doesn't do any worse, since dents and folds have to be sharpened out just like the small chips.
 
I'd also say that 99% of these reports (never heard of a problem coming from the hands of Paul Bos) covered ALL manufacturers using S30V, and almost of all of those were from the earliest outcomes of the steel. Of course, ANY prod. maker can have one or two "fall though the cracks." That's why I stick with reputable Manufacturers and dealers. I also appreciate a company that does not force you to keep a receipt.
 
In my experience, Spyderco's S30V is a helluva steel: not too hard to sharpen, great edge retention, stubborn to rust, and not easily "breakable," "chippable," or any other -able that you might apply to cutlery metallurgy. My Native, Chinook, Militaries, and all the other countless models have taken to being used and keep on going and looking like new. :thumbup:
 
Masteroffajitas said:
Spyderco military a good EDC? What about with wood work, like whittling and things?
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Don't you think it'd be a tad on the big side for whittling? In me (limited) experience it's worked just as well as 440C or VG-10, but lasts longer. I haven't stabbed through 2x4's or anything, but it's tough stuff. Highly recommend it. :thumbup:
 
j.bowie said:
There seems to be a lot of conversation about S30V blades common in the spyderco having problems with the blade chipping, is there any truth to this?
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I don't think so. I've never had a problem with my hard used S30V knives. I honestly think it's just posts from people who have to be different and choose to be naysayers of anything that people think is cool.

And S30V is definitely cool.
 
j.bowie said:
There seems to be a lot of conversation about S30V blades common in the spyderco having problems with the blade chipping, is there any truth to this?
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I've had 30+ S30V blades so far (well over half are Spydercos) over a 3 year period and I've never had a chipping issue with any of them. They get used for EDC, hiking/camping, and even as garage beaters. No problems so far.
 
yablanowitz said:
If you are referring to brownshoe's latest thread on chipping in Spyderco S30V, you should know that that individual has a long history as a troll in these parts. I've had him on ignore for a couple of years.

Oh, and I've not had any unexpected chipping in any of my S30V blades, of which I have many and baby none.
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I have heard some things about brownshoe, maybe he put that scare in me about the s30v blades chipping. I purchased a Spyderco native and i was concerned that i may have problems with the blade and i was almost ready to take the knife back and get a refund.But after reading these posts i think i will hang on to it. Maybe this issue has been corrected by spyderco and maybe this was never an issue at all and just a smokescreen by brownshoe to create a panic with spyderco owners. Thanks
 
yoda4561 said:
It's not just spyderco's s30v. There's been a few reports from other manufactuer's blades too. I remember posts from when s30v was the new wondersteel of the month. Now that spyderco uses s30v as a standard steel on US made knives (even in their walmart native) their blades tend to get used and thus reported on more often. I haven't had any problems with my mini-manix, though I did notice that it does chip a little easier than some of my other blades do. With a thin edge it doesn't seem to deform at all, instead of denting or folding a bit, it makes a really small chip. Overall though it doesn't do any worse, since dents and folds have to be sharpened out just like the small chips.
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I believe spyderco was using a different source at one to do the heat treating on there blades and now uses someone else.Thats probably reason why the chipping of these blades are not as common as before.
 
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