tj499 said:
I have a s30v strider that I hone on an arkansas hard black stone (1000 grit?) my edge is shiny, I can shave my face with it and it will cut down through a large piece of paper effortlesly. I borderline abuse my knives when I am hunting and it still hones up extremely well on a hard stone, so I will choose to disagree on the sharpening properties of s30v. I humbly thank you.
I' do agree with you.
I've a Benchmade Skirmish 630, double bevelled with primary set at 24degrees with a final polishing with 3M 0.3Micron Aluminium Oxide tape
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The secondary has been set at 21degrees, finished at 320grits (Apex).
With the Apex Pro kit.
Thus as far as polishing is concerned, S30V shows no lack.
Then: my Skirmish has undergone lotta abuse, breaking copper wires (PC) silica ropes, synthetic climbing ropes, wood, tin can emergency opening, frequent contact with water, long trekking cutting sessions.
All of this without ever leaving me with rust, chipping or any other sort of damage.
In the worst ever scenario it took me ten minutes of work to bring the edge as before (I'm a maniac, last 5 minutes had being overkill).
Last but not least: it is NOT true -basing on my experience- that taking away the wire edge from S30V bladed knives is a Mission Impossible.
Double bevelling is the starting point to accomplish with this task, finishing primary edge with appropriate polishing tape is the last step.
I've learned this from this forum