What kind of folder do you carry?

[WValtakis]

Still rocking the Umnumnumnum

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Boye
BDC
Sheepsfoot serrated
Black

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Also
Cold Steel
American Lawman
S35vn

Cold Steel
Tiny Voyager
Tanto half serrated

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

4V

I'm curious, how does the fine edge stability of their 4V compared with mine?

 

[Casinostocks]

I'm curious, how does the fine edge stability of their 4V compared with mine?

You're a modest fella

 

[Gusbuster]

I'm curious, how does the fine edge stability of their 4V compared with mine?

Well I’ll have to get back to you on that Nathan. I haven’t had a chance to test it yet.

 

[Gusbuster]

Some mushy 20CV and M390.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

^ it's not terrible. It's pretty good stuff. It's just not the end-all-be-all

 

[unwisefool]

I'm curious, how does the fine edge stability of their 4V compared with mine?

Welllll one is red and one is not. That should tell you something right there...

 

[mb>]

Tactical slipjoint in mushy M390. Nathan has so desensitized my dislike of screw heads on knife covers, I will now even tolerate them on slippies.

 

[fatfrog]

I'm so tempted to get a Spyderco Para3 and and Benchmade Bugout to the collection but heard the UFK is coming back in November.........sigh.

 

[Fonedork]

I'm so tempted to get a Spyderco Para3 and and Benchmade Bugout to the collection but heard the UFK is coming back in November.........sigh.

I love the Para 3 lightweight a lot, YOLO

 

[unwisefool]

Tactical slipjoint in mushy M390. Nathan has so desensitized my dislike of screw heads on knife covers, I will now even tolerate them on slippies.

Why is it mushy?

 

[Casinostocks]

Why is it mushy?

He had stated that his opinion is formed based on his own experimentation with M390 and its variants:

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/the-ask-nathan-a-question-thread.1425245/page-33#post-17209537

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/the-ask-nathan-a-question-thread.1425245/page-138#post-19019852

and as always,

#stillnotnathan

 

[Casinostocks]

^ but he did set in motion my impetus to sell off all my Shiros to "re-invest" back into CPKs. The man is a marketing genius

J/K

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Why is it mushy?

Less than fantastic edge stability. Too much stuff in the matrix that isn't martensite and that particular alloy is very sensitive to quench rate which does not scale up well for larger manufacturers.
In my experimentation with it I could get pretty good results here but was not able to duplicate it elsewhere. In my experience good old-fashioned S35VN will outperform it most of the time.

 

[fatfrog]

In my experience good old-fashioned S35VN will outperform it most of the time.

The S35VN in my CRK Inkosi Large feels pretty soft - or at least it dulls way faster than the 3V in my BRKT Canadian Special. Does anyone else experience this as well?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

The S35VN in my CRK Inkosi Large feels pretty soft - or at least it dulls way faster than the 3V in my BRKT Canadian Special. Does anyone else experience this as well?

As much as I admire that company, their heat treat is not my favorite

 

[Oyster]

As much as I admire that company, their heat treat is not my favorite

Even after they stepped up hardness?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Even after they stepped up hardness?

I'm sure it's much better now. But if his Inkosi Large feels pretty soft, it probably is. Chris was known to run his stuff on the soft side. His reasoning being easier to sharpen. I run mine on the hard side, my reasoning being improved edge stability allows rougher use in thinner sections due to the higher yield strength of the harder steel. And I've never had any problems sharpening it due to a pretty good sharpening stone setup. But some people may prefer softer steel. *shrug* Different strokes for different folks.