The next pre-order?

Nathan the Machinist said:
Next Friday, one week from today. DEK 1, 2, 3 in Delta 3V and Magnacut
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Oh nice! Then we will need a video about MagnaCut before the presale. If possible, could you please make a video of side side comparison of DEK1 in 3V, AEBL and MagnaCut? Similar to the D3V vs 3V video :)

I know you are quite busy tough, so no worries if it does not work for you...
 
I'm torn.... regular magnacut will be every where soon, not sure if Nathan will have an optimized heat treat for it soon

D3V is a carothers signature and I haven't had any problems with it......

What to do!!
 
yoko said:
I'm torn.... regular magnacut will be every where soon, not sure if Nathan will have an optimized heat treat for it soon

D3V is a carothers signature and I haven't had any problems with it......

What to do!!
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Where would you benefit from choosing MagnaCut for your intended usage?

If you just want to try it out...that's a different matter.
 
yoko said:
Blues Blues that's exactly the question asking myself lol

I guess it would honestly come down to edge retention
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What is the intended use? You could flip the question around and ask where would you benefit with choosing d3v.

MagnaCut is significantly more corrosion resistant for example. This might or might not be a benefit. It has better edge retation and can get harder easier, but it is not as tough. For small knives like dek 1/3 is toughness of d3v needed?

I look at it simply, d3v is a known quantity. Nathan picked MagnaCut as one of the steels to make knives in, so he must like it to some extent, unless you guys don't trust his judgement.

Try it for yourself, maybe it will work better for your use. As far as heat treat goes, Larrin designed the steel to be used in knives, he provides heat treat recepy, so it is good. Can it be tweaked to work better for specific, narrow applications, maybe, but you won't get a night and day difference in performance. For that you would have to switch to a steel that works better for your application.
 
yoko said:
ace ace

The question is ..... it's there a corrosion and edge retention difference
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Absolutely. Corrosion resistance is significantly better, but is it important to you? Edge retention is also somewhat better, but does It matter, I can’t answer for you. It can’t hurt🤷‍♂️. MagnaCut is not as tough as d3v so if your d3v edges fail due to chipping MagnaCut is not what you want, Still though, it is as tough as 4v and that is used in competition choppers, so not all bad.
 
ace said:
Absolutely. Corrosion resistance is significantly better, but is it important to you? Edge retention is also somewhat better, but does It matter, I can’t answer for you. It can’t hurt🤷‍♂️. MagnaCut is not as tough as d3v so if your d3v edges fail due to chipping MagnaCut is not what you want, Still though, it is as tough as 4v and that is used in competition choppers, so not all bad.
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The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

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Cap’n Smudge said:

The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

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Thank you for linking this, haven't seen it. Very interesting results, I wouldn't expect a harder steel to deform when geometry is same, can't argue with empirical evidence though. Would be interesting to know why this happens. I would expect it to chip. I guess it doesn't quite make it to 4v levels. In my use MagnaCut has been great, but I use it in kitchen knives with very accute and thin edges. So far edge stability and retention has been excellent in that environment.

Since I got a MagnaCut and 4v mules will be interesting to compare the two with some harsher use.
 
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