Waiting on Magnacut!

I will deff have an eye out for this one. Sold all my Natives some time ago(I'm a Delica guy) but I remember how insanely good the backlock on the Natives are. Thing is they are rock solid just by the geometry of the lock surfaces, meaning you can have a sloppy pivot, free dropping, but when the blade engages into the spring, BAM!!; rock solid.

A great design from Spyderco.

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I already ordered/received 2 MagnaCut Mules from Spyderco.

So, there was no no need for me to wait for another MagnaCut. I have already purchased 10 other non-MagnaCut knives since then.

However, I am interested in buying a CPK DEK 1, 2 or 3 in MagnaCut from pre-order buyers who decide to resell them after they are released in the 6-18 months that Nathan is allowing himself for the time of production of these knives.

Of course, I'm not going to wait THAT long to buy any other knives in the interim. LOL! ;)
 
Not holding off on knife purchases in general, but I am holding out for a Tactile Turn Rock Wall in Magnacut, versus the other options (XHP and 20cv) . Missed out on the last drop.
 
It's easy to forget that the majority of human population is coastal, the average person alive today lives near saltwater.

The Salt series was a big hit for Spyderco because public buying habits so strongly favor stainlessness over other attributes, now that benefit can potentially carry over to the entire line of high end folders.
 
ferider said:
These ratings don't seem too different from Larrin's data.

Here is my personal and subjective view :)

- the entire "data-view" on steels is heavily distorted by box and rope cutting comparisons, which don't have much relevance to what I do day-2-day. I have a dedicated box cutter, and there is that. In the foreseeable future, the box and rope cutting emphasis on youtube and internet fora is unlikely to change.
- Box and Rope cutting is also important for cutting competitions, where the best compromise between cutting and chopping is achieved today by 4V and M4. In the future you might add Magnacut to these "competition steels"
- 4V is actually not that tough - I've broken a 4V knife tip (on a Manix 2) and much prefer tougher steels like 3V, AEB-L, etc.
- When many people read "tough" they think of a knife catastrophically breaking. However, the toughness indices in your post, and in Larrin's data also mean that a knife wont chip. higher toughness = higher edge stability.
- The biggest differentiation of Magnacut to other steels in my eyes is extremely high corrosion resistance. Similar to LC200N (more corrosion resistant than AEB-L) but harder.

When I look at my hard Japanese kitchen knives, after usage they show chips. Due to high edge stability, AEB-L wears more smoothly, it's much easier to go over a stone a couple of times when the knife is needed ... think razor blades: that's what AEB-L was made for.

IMO, AEB-L is one of the best kitchen knife steels out there, likely also better than Magnacut. Unless you need super corrosion resistance, say for a lime cutter, and you don't clean your knives very often ....

My 2 cents,

Roland.
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For any person who obsessed with ultra sharp edge and waterstone I pretty sure even steel like W2 or 26c3 are both a better option over magnacut.
 
shqxk said:
For any person who obsessed with ultra sharp edge and waterstone I pretty sure even steel like W2 or 26c3 are both a better option over magnacut.
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Magnacut isn’t too hard to sharpen and it takes a wickedly sticky edge. I don’t think it’ll take an edge as screaming sharp as your plain carbon steels like 52100 or white steel, but it takes a scary sharp edge nonetheless.

I’ve also found it okay to sharpen on whetstones even at high rockwells (65 hrc). I’d rather use diamonds at that point but it’s sharpenable on my choseras.
 
celticrogues said:
If there's a knife I know I want and I see its available or going to be available in Magnacut then yes, I'll wait for it in that steel. I have enough knives that I don't need to have anything right away.

I just got in a Rockwall Thumbstud in Magnacut and its pretty cool!
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I got one, too, see below. I have a Bexar on order.

Here is the Tactile Knife Co. Rockwall thumbstud in Maganacut. Sorry for the crappy pics, it came late last night and I don't have much flexibility in my office.
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I’m curious about it, but the only purchases I’m “holding off” on is a large folder for outdoors. I really love my Cruwear Adamas and Magnacut seems similar, but stainless.

I don’t really care about it for EDC knives tho. A lot of EDC steels out right now are already incredible and Magnacut doesn’t bring enough benefit to pass up other great knives over it.
 
Not putting anything on hold purchasing wise, but I have a preorder in for a Bark River Classic Drop Point Hunter in magnacut, and am excited to snag another Umnumzaan in it once CRK transitions over to it. Just put in an order this week, so it’ll probably be in use by the time it’s fulfilled I’d imagine.
 
Not holding knife purchase much except for one model -- PM2. I won't buy any other PM2s before getting a Magnacut one. To me, Magnacut is the perfect steel for PM2.
 
superpog said:
Not holding knife purchase much except for one model -- PM2. I won't buy any other PM2s before getting a Magnacut one. To me, Magnacut is the perfect steel for PM2.
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I would kill for a Magnacut PM2.
 
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