Vascowear?

M.FREEZE

M.FREEZE

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Does anyone have any knowledge of vascowear? I know it isn't produced anymore, and any left overs are scarce but what's the hype all about? Is it really the be all end all steel? There has to be a modern steel that is comparative. If not why can't it be reproduced?
 
Spyderco did a Mule knife not to long ago in Cruwear which is supposed to be the same as Vascowear the composition chart is shown below,
I think Gerber made some knives in the 70's or 80's with it
1.12 c
7.75 cr
1.60 mo
2.40 v
1.10 w
 
Vascowear/cruwear is an upgrade to D2 performance wise ( except corrosion resistance) It outperforms D2 , is tough, and very wear resistant.It also handles higher hardnesses without becoming brittle. I find it takes a really savage edge and holds it really well. It gets up to almost the CPM M4 level toughness and wear resistance wise.

Vascowear was originally made by Vasco Pacific. It was dropped and crucible began making and selling it as Cruwear. It is the uncle ( inspiration sort of ) of 3V, an excellent crucible steel.

It's not popular with custom makers and likely never will. Not ones that make a living off of making knives anyway. As a user it's one of my all time favorite steels.

http://sharpeningmadeeasy.com/edge.htm
http://www.crucible.com/PDFs%5CDataSheets2010%5Cdscruwearv12010.pdf

Most recent and available knife in cruwear is when it was used in the spyderco mule team. They sometimes come up as seconds and it's worth getting one. It's a golden oldie. MT12P, released Sept 2011, RC 62-63:thumbup:

Joe
 
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We carry Cru-Wear in both CPM and air melt versions. We literally have tons of it. You can visit us at www.nsm-ny.com com or give us a call for more details. We don't sell it online yet because the demand is so low, but that can easily change.
 
We carry Cru-Wear in both CPM and air melt versions. We literally have tons of it. You can visit us at www.nsm-ny.com com or give us a call for more details. We don't sell it online yet because the demand is so low, but that can easily change.
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Good to see you here Bob. I was wondering what kind of market cruwear has besides the small cutlery one? We used to hear about industrial paper cutting blades and such. I know it sure makes some excellent knives and wish I had a better selection of them besides a Spyderco Mule or 1980's era Gerber "V" steel Sportsman 2. They are both getting difficult to find.

Joe
 
Almost all of the Cru-Wear we sell goes in to industrial knife applications. I wish it was in more cutlery knives since they are more fun to handle and look at. I'm not sure what feedback Spyderco got with the mule team. I can check with Sal to see what he thinks.
 
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