VG-10 vs. S30V

singularity35 · Dec 10, 2012

Free2game said:
6-8 per side? Ho far backed up would that be on most benchmades? Let alone how unstable that would be.

Hehehe, must be magic sharpening.

me2 · Dec 10, 2012

I've taken blades down to 7-8 degrees per side and only had issues when scraping and cutting light metal such as light gauge copper wire.

me2 · Dec 10, 2012

These blades were not vg10 nor s30v, but for most edc uses, it not as outrageous as it might sound.

singularity35 · Dec 11, 2012

me2 said:
I've taken blades down to 7-8 degrees per side and only had issues when scraping and cutting light metal such as light gauge copper wire.

me2 said:
These blades were not vg10 nor s30v, but for most edc uses, it not as outrageous as it might sound.

It would probably depend on use and user skill. I would take loss of performance over edge damage anytime.

me2 said:
So what's densglass?

me2 · Dec 11, 2012

Thats the beauty of a trapper slipjoint. 7 dps edge on tbe clip blade, 20 dps edge on the spey. Honestly, short of cutting metal, even my thinnest blades had no problems with damage. This was a peanut sharpened flat against a hand stretched sanding belt and polished to 1200 grit and stropped. Cut everything including densglass with no damage.

singularity35 · Dec 11, 2012

me2 said:
Thats the beauty of a trapper slipjoint. 7 dps edge on tbe clip blade, 20 dps edge on the spey. Honestly, short of cutting metal, even my thinnest blades had no problems with damage. This was a peanut sharpened flat against a hand stretched sanding belt and polished to 1200 grit and stropped. Cut everything including densglass with no damage.

Yeh, that must be the "YMMV" thing.

Ernie1980 · Dec 11, 2012

I have several knives in both, and prefer vg10. Along the lines of the sharpening angles.....how long does it take to put on a 7 degree angle?? Can you post a picture of that please?

hank_rearden · Dec 11, 2012

keen edges get dulled "by the wind" meaning if stored for long. well i just discovered that my s30v millie is still working sharp whereas the vg-10 delica was most noticeably duller. i haven't touched up both since God-knows-when. but it could be due to the sharpening. the delica has 13 degrees per side while the millie has a double-bevel (10 and 20 degrees per.)

me2 · Dec 11, 2012

Ernie1980 said:
I have several knives in both, and prefer vg10. Along the lines of the sharpening angles.....how long does it take to put on a 7 degree angle?? Can you post a picture of that please?

It didnt take too long, but this is on a slipjoint folder with a very thin blade, full flat ground from 1/16" to about 0.01" just behind the edge bevel. For a picture, go to my youtube channel, me2bfc.

Link to my testing thread for this edge

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/997637-Edge-Rebevel-and-Metal-Cutting

me2 · Dec 11, 2012

Densglass is kinda like sheet rock but for exterior walls during constuction.