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I had a chance this weekend to play with the SRK in San Mai III and compare it to my Fallkniven F1 and I was VERY impressed with the Cold Steel.
In a way, for a heavy use woods knife that may chop or baton wood, I think Cold Steel's version of laminate steel using VG1 as the cutting edge rather than VG10 may be a better choice. The VG1 did lose the razor edge a tiny bit faster, but it seemed a tougher to me and showed no micro chipping along the edge under a 20x illuminated loupe.
Fallkniven's laminated VG10 core is fantastic and I still think their convex edge is a better overall application of the concept but I came away thinking the VG10 is a bit brittle. I could see some small chips along the edge.
Im thinking that a convex ground version of Cold Steel's San Mai III like in the Trailmaster may be just the ticket.
In a way, for a heavy use woods knife that may chop or baton wood, I think Cold Steel's version of laminate steel using VG1 as the cutting edge rather than VG10 may be a better choice. The VG1 did lose the razor edge a tiny bit faster, but it seemed a tougher to me and showed no micro chipping along the edge under a 20x illuminated loupe.
Fallkniven's laminated VG10 core is fantastic and I still think their convex edge is a better overall application of the concept but I came away thinking the VG10 is a bit brittle. I could see some small chips along the edge.
Im thinking that a convex ground version of Cold Steel's San Mai III like in the Trailmaster may be just the ticket.
