The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

yoko said:
You just blew my mind.... hahaha

I hope things are less hectic and was wondering if there was damage to the shop when Nathan moved the new machine in (he said it might be structural)

jlauffer jlauffer

You can't put pressure on me like that

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Sorry man, maybe this will help. Think they drink on the job?

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Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist , out of curiosity, what is the reason behind you not having plans to make any more DEK 3’s?

I know you said the DEK 3 in Magnacut gave you a lot of problems and made your hair hurt. Any reason why you wouldn’t consider (at some point 🙏) any runs in say plain ol vanilla Delta 3V? Not necessarily pre-orders, but just your regular slow paced leisurely Friday sales 😊

Sorry if I’ve missed the reasoning outside of the Magnacut issues. I only need just 1 😃. I know you’re super busy, thanks for your time.
 
#stillnotnatahn but I think that this has more to do with the hollow grind DEK3 blade sucking up lots of CPK's man-hours (Mark-Hours). Although DEK3-MC's scrap rate was exceptionally high (IIRC Nathan had said ~ 80%) note that in the recent BFK/FK3 preorder, no hollow grind option was offered although previously during some Fridays sales, ~ 25 or so BFKs in Cruwear were offered with hollow grind finish.
 
Casinostocks said:
#stillnotnatahn but I think that this has more to do with the hollow grind DEK3 blade sucking up lots of CPK's man-hours (Mark-Hours). Although DEK3-MC's scrap rate was exceptionally high (IIRC Nathan had said ~ 80%) note that in the recent BFK/FK3 preorder, no hollow grind option was offered although previously during some Fridays sales, ~ 25 or so BFKs in Cruwear were offered with hollow grind finish.
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Those are valid points and you’re probably right about the hollow ground portion, makes sense. I’m sure it’s a lot more work and time consuming.
 
Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist
In your opinion is the stainlessness of the Magnacut the only reason to pick Magnacut over 3V Delta in your Basic 5? Have you noticed a significant difference in edge retention with Magnacut with normal/medium duty use in your testing? I saw your hard use nail cutting video with Magnacut but I have no plans on cutting nails or anything similar.
 
Not Nathan, but in my experience, Magnacut has better edge retention than 3V, but it's not as tough. So if you're planning on hard use like batoning, etc., 3V may be better. Not to say Magnacut won't do a great job.

Magnacut is also corrosion resistant enough for Spyderco to use it in their Salt line. But Delta 3V performs really well also. I strap a Carothers BFK to my waterfowl pack and it's been exposed to all kinds of water and salt water. Not a speck of rust.
 
tokerblue said:
Not Nathan, but in my experience, Magnacut has better edge retention than 3V, but it's not as tough. So if you're planning on hard use like batoning, etc., 3V may be better. Not to say Magnacut won't do a great job.

Magnacut is also corrosion resistant enough for Spyderco to use it in their Salt line. But Delta 3V performs really well also. I strap a Carothers BFK to my waterfowl pack and it's been exposed to all kinds of water and salt water. Not a speck of rust.
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Now you got me curious since you mentioned salt water. Has your BFK been exposed to salt water for extended periods?

Here's an example, let's say as a bait knife to cut bait while fishing at the beach. Used briefly then washed with salt water and resheathed. That type of exposure or just splashed/misted with salt water and wiped off? Or anything more such as being underwater for extended periods as a dive knife.

I had planned to get one of the Magnacut BFKs for a dive & hard use beach knife. I always assumed Delta 3V would finally give in and rust decently if it was used a lot around salt water. But your comment has me wondering how it holds up to salt water use.
 
DrBC said:
Now you got me curious since you mentioned salt water. Has your BFK been exposed to salt water for extended periods?

Here's an example, let's say as a bait knife to cut bait while fishing at the beach. Used briefly then washed with salt water and resheathed. That type of exposure or just splashed/misted with salt water and wiped off? Or anything more such as being underwater for extended periods as a dive knife.

I had planned to get one of the Magnacut BFKs for a dive & hard use beach knife. I always assumed Delta 3V would finally give in and rust decently if it was used a lot around salt water. But your comment has me wondering how it holds up to salt water use.
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Not that it matters much, and it didn't to me, but half of the used D3V CPKs that I acquired had rust under the scales, some more than others. These days, my CPKs all get Froglube under the scales. Just saying.
 
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