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So I was in the mood for a new knife today but short on funds. One thing led to the next and I decided to pick op one of the heralded s30v natives from walmart. I made sure to check out every one they had there, and it was a good thing I did because all but one had some degree of bade play. Not a huge amount, but 2 of the 3 they had would have bothered me.
My first impression was that it was a bit awkward, but after handling it a bit I figured out the egros it became a really comfortable knife to hold. The blade wasn't as sharp as I was expecting based on the factory sharpness of my other spyderco knives but still was shaving sharp. It just had a more obtuse bevel and a more toothy edge than I like. Took it home and immediately reprofiled it to a slightly narrower bevel and then finished the edge to a mirror polish with a hard arkansas stone, slapped on a very slightly narrower microbevel for some added strength and called it good.
This thing took a wicked edge and wasn't nearly as tough to reprofile as I was expecting the s30v to be as this was my experience with the blade steel. I am now satisfied with the sharpness (some would say scary) and am very pleased with the knife. The s30v seemed to take well to a high polish but where does it shine? Is s30v more suited to a polished or toothy edge?
mk
My first impression was that it was a bit awkward, but after handling it a bit I figured out the egros it became a really comfortable knife to hold. The blade wasn't as sharp as I was expecting based on the factory sharpness of my other spyderco knives but still was shaving sharp. It just had a more obtuse bevel and a more toothy edge than I like. Took it home and immediately reprofiled it to a slightly narrower bevel and then finished the edge to a mirror polish with a hard arkansas stone, slapped on a very slightly narrower microbevel for some added strength and called it good.
This thing took a wicked edge and wasn't nearly as tough to reprofile as I was expecting the s30v to be as this was my experience with the blade steel. I am now satisfied with the sharpness (some would say scary) and am very pleased with the knife. The s30v seemed to take well to a high polish but where does it shine? Is s30v more suited to a polished or toothy edge?
mk