Why is S35VN your favorite steel?

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VorpelSword said:
RE: The "newer" super steels and CRk. A YouTube video interview at a blade show has Tim Reeve saying that now their consumer oriented knives are offered in Magnicut for its balanced properties, but their military oriented knives have 45VN for its higher performance in a more demanding environment, choosing to Carcoat the blades for corrosion protection.
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Everything is magnacut now. Pacific and Green Beret had a short stint in 4V, before that they were S35VN

I also like S35VN.
 
VorpelSword said:
RE: The "newer" super steels and CRk. A YouTube video interview at a blade show has Tim Reeve saying that now their consumer oriented knives are offered in Magnicut for its balanced properties, but their military oriented knives have 45VN for its higher performance in a more demanding environment, choosing to Carcoat the blades for corrosion protection.
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Makes no sense. Magnacut is tougher, more corrosion resistant, and has about the same edge retention at the same hardness as S45VN.

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badmatt said:
Everything is magnacut now. Pacific and Green Beret had a short stint in 4V, before that they were S35VN

I also like S35VN.
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That makes sense. The video is from 2022, so the info is older.

I wonder what Space Alean derived magic would it take to move from Magnicut to some position on that chart somewhat up and to thew right?
 
VorpelSword said:
That makes sense. The video is from 2022, so the info is older.

I wonder what Space Alean derived magic would it take to move from Magnicut to some position on that chart somewhat up and to thew right?
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I believe the kids are calling it “copium”
 
S45VN seems to me to be one of those flash in the pan steels. A lot of knives are still being made in S35VN, but it seems like a lot of them that were "upgraded" to S45VN have mostly gone to Magnacut.

I've been pretty impressed with my Magnacut sample, but I will be the first to admit that I rarely use a knife hard enough to need to touch it up, and that my old habits of soft carbon steel drive me to strop often despite their being no visible decrease in performance. In short, I never even give the blade a chance to show me how long it can go between sharpenings.

I'm like an 80 year old man driving a Corvette down the highway at 43mph most of the time ;) Super steels are almost wasted on me.
 
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