What's important to you?

What's important to you?

  • Option 1.

  • Option 2.

  • Option 3.

  • Option 4.

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shinyedges said:
What's important to you when it comes to your knives?

Option 1:

Absolute highest toughness at the cost of edge retention, corrosion resistance and strength?


Option 2:

Absolute highest edge retention at the cost of basically all durability, where a drop isn't just a ding, it's a complete failure?

Option 3:

Or is having a well rounded set of attributes most important? Does well in all areas but isn't the single best performing in any area?



Option 4: Turtles survive winters by burying themselves in the mud at the bottom of a pond or lake.



If you prefer one of the extreme attributes at the cost of the others, post and explain what you use your knife for why that single attribute is all that matters.
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Which do you choose?
 
Dangerously said:
Extreme edge retention for a dedicated cardboard knife! (Manix s110v)

All the others, daily carry, hunting, camping, yard work are all minor variants of balanced. But they end up being more about the blade and handle design than the steel.
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Fair enough! Although s110v has been eclipsed as far as edge retention, there are a few others I consider more extreme in their comprise for edge retention.
 
SteelJunkee said:
Took option 1 and 3

But, during winter turtles lives in sewers and eat pizza.
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Nice! What do you do with the knife that requires sacrificing all other attributes for toughness?
 
SteelJunkee said:
All the jobs you shouldn't do with a knife.
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Do you mind being more specific? I'm seriously curious, I am hoping to get a better idea for what people use these knives with extreme attributes in one area for..
 
shinyedges said:
Do you mind being more specific? I'm seriously curious, I am hoping to get a better idea for what people use these knives with extreme attributes in one area for..
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Of course. I chosen a knife in Spring Steel.

Intended uses includes but is not limited to...

All sorts of prying. Cutting drywall, Fiberglass, Steel belted hoses, rubber, aluminum, engine belts, tires, sheet metals, Tyvek, mosquito screen, Kevlar, cable ties. Use the tip to pry under stripped bolts to make them catch undamaged channel. Cut and strip all king of wires. Enlarge holes to pass wires / pipes. Make notches in all kind of walls to pass wires. Scrape paint off all sort of parts. Use the guard to pry and the pommel to hammer all kinds of thing.

This is my most beat-up knife it need frequent sharpening and waxing. But still it's doing great at those tasks where I wouldn't want to put my D2 or 440C or any of my folders that is.
 
SteelJunkee said:
Of course. I chosen a knife in Spring Steel.

Intended uses includes but is not limited to...

All sorts of prying. Cutting drywall, Fiberglass, Steel belted hoses, rubber, aluminum, engine belts, tires, sheet metals, Tyvek, mosquito screen, Kevlar, cable ties. Use the tip to pry under stripped bolts to make them catch undamaged channel. Cut and strip all king of wires. Enlarge holes to pass wires / pipes. Make notches in all kind of walls to pass wires. Scrape paint off all sort of parts. Use the guard to pry and the pommel to hammer all kinds of thing.

This is my most beat-up knife it need frequent sharpening and waxing. But still it's doing great at those tasks where I wouldn't want to put my D2 or 440C or any of my folders that is.
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Right on man, it's your knife and you can use it however you please. I'd say they're tools that do those jobs better, but that's irrelevant because you want to use your knife for those tasks which is perfectly ok to me. Thank for the explanation, seriously.
 
shinyedges said:
Right on man, it's your knife and you can use it however you please. I'd say they're tools that do those jobs better, but that's irrelevant because you want to use your knife for those tasks which is perfectly ok to me. Thank for the explanation, seriously.
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It`s a "Life-Saver" :)
 
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SteelJunkee said:
Would you consider those two being too brittle for a "Serious" Bushcrafting knife ?
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Probably. Beating them with a baton.. which is part of what most people consider "Bushcraft" may not be a good idea.
 
I like to play around with "extreme" steels but really prefer all-rounders for regular use.
 
ShannonSteelLabs said:
Yes lol but you could bring the hardness down, or change the geometry. It would be an interesting blade.. if it worked it would be sick. Sharpen it like once a year.
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shinyedges said:
Probably. Beating them with a baton.. which is part of what most people consider "Bushcraft" may not be a good idea.
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I understand. But it was more regarding camp tasks like rope cutting , wood whittling, food prep etc.

Maybe I should have said hunting knife instead. loll.
 
SteelJunkee said:
Of course. I chosen a knife in Spring Steel.

Intended uses includes but is not limited to...

All sorts of prying. Cutting drywall, Fiberglass, Steel belted hoses, rubber, aluminum, engine belts, tires, sheet metals, Tyvek, mosquito screen, Kevlar, cable ties. Use the tip to pry under stripped bolts to make them catch undamaged channel. Cut and strip all king of wires. Enlarge holes to pass wires / pipes. Make notches in all kind of walls to pass wires. Scrape paint off all sort of parts. Use the guard to pry and the pommel to hammer all kinds of thing.
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Count me in on that list. I use my knives in my construction daily duties, and they are there to be a tool, not an object of admiration, not a play pretty, and not to be set aside when it's time to go to work. I have never figured out why so many need the newest super steel in a folder that has the smoothest flipping action, a certain kind of matching pocket clip, and sports the brand of an expensive maker if they are using it to cut limes for margaritas and open FedEx boxes.

Anyway, I personally like a steel that stays reasonably sharp that is easy to sharpen for my job site duties. A hard 440C is great, I like VG10 if it is hard enough, and even had some good luck with 8cr mixes on occasion as well as AUS8 from Cold Steel. Their AUS8 was a total (pleasant!) surprise for its utility factor.

I am surprised that no one has mentioned comfort in the hand as important. I can't stand a frame lock knife. During the summer ( 103F days here ) I sweat enough to make the handles hard to hold on to. Extended use trimming and cutting make it miserable to use a knife that slides around in your hand or allows a hot spot. And if they have sharp edges or poorly placed clips, they eat my sweaty hands up. We don't have a lot of cold weather here, but there again, a frame lock is really cold and uncomfortable in my hand as I work outside most of the time. I have a little arthritis in my hands and grabbing a cold piece of metal to use as a tool is uncomfortable. Worse, on a cold day if I use it, set it down while I work for a minute then pick it up again, I have that cold piece of metal in my hand all over.

So I would put handle comfort up there with blade steel, with comfort edging out the steel by a tiny bit. I can hand sharpen in seconds and do so as needed, but I can't usually fix and uncomfortable knife handle.

Robert
 
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