The REK Sparrow front flipper thread

LS22 said:
Looks great! Reate has been doing a great job with their recent Vanax releases if that is the blade steel you're planning to use.
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I was thinking magnacut 63-64rc since it's pretty close to vanax but a little higher toughness (but at a loss of corrosion resistance).

I can ask about vanax though, what are everyone's thoughts?
 
REK Knives said:
I was thinking magnacut 63-64rc since it's pretty close to vanax but a little higher toughness (but at a loss of corrosion resistance).

I can ask about vanax though, what are everyone's thoughts?
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I have a lot of knives in both steels and both of them are great (especially with the right HT) and Imma buy one of your Reate Sparrows either way.

My thoughts are that MagnaCut has a bigger brand and broader appeal. As you go into production knife territory I'm just speaking strategically and putting myself it your shoes - MC might make more sense. I think the actual properties and differences - slight though they are - are pretty well known in the knife community and completely irrelevant to anyone outside of the knife community. All things being equal my personal bias is always for Vanax (but I'm the last guy around that still has a thing for Nitrobe 77). I am originally from the PNW and spend a lot of time on the Puget Sound where the saltwater and rain have taken their toll on some of my fav's because I'm an idiot. And I personally buy knives with some of that rusted-knife trauma PTSD. Both MC and VNX are high performers and near idiot-proof - VNX is just slightly more idiot-proof in the ways that matter to me.

In conclusion, I want you to sell as many of these as possible, so that you make as much $$ as possible, so that you make as many blades as possible for me to buy. So I'd suggest MagnaCut because its my guess that will allow you to price slightly lower and sell a few more because it might be more familiar to those weird people who aren't paying bladeforums members.
 
Blues said:
What were you doing when you experienced that, Coleman? Have you done same activity with say, MagnaCut or other similar steel?
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I was doing something stupid. Haha. Let’s just say a hole needed to be bored. 😬
But I’ve done the same thing with S30V and it held up.
But hey! that’s why we test things.

That said, I have a midtech Sparrow in Vanax and it has held up fantastically.
 
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