Why isn't Magnacut more available in production knives?

Wanted to update that now Heretic is offering knives in Magnacut as well!
 
K.O.D. said:
Availability as it is a very new steel. This also leads to companies possibly needing to retool to machine it. Give it another year or so, it will start becoming more popular.

I'm not sure how geared toward kitchen knives it is either.
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It's perfect for kitchen knives, it's more stainless than m390 and much, much tougher. There isn't an application it wouldn't work for.
 
91bravo said:
Has anyone put this steel to actual work yet? Edge retention? Chipability? I’m curious to try it out in my work environment, but can’t find a model that I like with it. I’m looking for a large CRK in Magnacut if anyone has one to sell.

I’d be willing to test this steel out in a working environment for anyone out there lol.
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can't say i've worked my hogue deka hard what i can say-it came sharp, sharpens easily, seems to hold an edge well fwiw
 
Now there's a MagnaCut Buck 110. I'd say the only way it could get more ubiquitous in production knives at this point is if Victorinox starts making MagnaCut Tinkers, Benchmade offers it for the Griptilian, and Spyderco makes MagnaCut PM2s.
 
madcap_magician said:
Now there's a MagnaCut Buck 110. I'd say the only way it could get more ubiquitous in production knives at this point is if Victorinox starts making MagnaCut Tinkers, Benchmade offers it for the Griptilian, and Spyderco makes MagnaCut PM2s.
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Don't forget a Dessert Warrior Boker Kalashnikov in Magnacut
 
shane45-1911 said:
We'll agree to disagree. I am not aware of one other maker that has such a reputation for disproportionate catastrophic failures and other "warranty" issues.

And frankly, I don't care how well the knives are made if the owner is a scumbag. I'm so tired of the "he's done nothing to me" defense.

Some of you people would have bought knives from Hitler if he was a bladesmith. :rolleyes:
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Only if Hitler uses Magnacut.
 
bikerector said:
If you want to test one of mine that we modeled after an Al Mar SERE folder, let me know. David Mary made it, Jarodd Todd did the Heat treatment. It's a little softer than it should have been for this knife at around 61 (forgot exactly what it tested at) but we were new to the steel and didn't know what to expect, given how the SERE tribute was intended to be used.

PM me if you want me to throw it in the mail this week for you. I have another box to drop off by the weekend and I'll bring them together.

It's not my only magnacut knife but probably the most beat up since it was intended as part test piece and part "one knife kit" option for a BOB.

I think it's mostly everything it was advertized as, once you account for a little sales fluff to promote it's release (a necessary thing, IMO).
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Sorry if I missed this in a previous post, but is this a fixed blade or a rebladed folder! I’d love to get a Magnacut reblade from David!
 
I've been super impressed with my Meglio Gyuto in Magnacut. I don't know how hard he's running it, but I've had mine since shortly after they became available and it gets used almost daily. It's been a nice bump up from the stuff I was using (Tojiro VG-10 and some handmade S90V stuff), requiring less touching up and showing no chipping.

I don't think anyone could tell the difference between Magnacut and VG-10 in a single session or even in several, but over time you will notice sharpening it less often and dealing with less edge damage. To me, that's worth it.
 
jstn said:
Sorry if I missed this in a previous post, but is this a fixed blade or a rebladed folder! I’d love to get a Magnacut reblade from David!
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Fixed blade. I know David has tried a few reblade tests but not sure how those ended up and if it was something he was going to try offering.
 
Sid Post said:
Looking at various steel options for a kitchen knife, I was surprised about what I saw with 14C28N and Magnacut. Magnacut seems to be a psuedo-M4/Vanadis 4E stainless steel with really good properties for fixed blades and folders.

Why isn't it more widely used in production knives?

TIA,
Sid
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I have a TR3 and 2 Dekas with magnacut.
 
I've been giving one of David Mary's knives (in MagnaCut) a workout.
This steel could be my next favorite! 👍
It just keeps on cutting, and hasn't given up it's edge yet! 😎
 
madcap_magician said:
Now there's a MagnaCut Buck 110. I'd say the only way it could get more ubiquitous in production knives at this point is if Victorinox starts making MagnaCut Tinkers, Benchmade offers it for the Griptilian, and Spyderco makes MagnaCut PM2s.
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Is the Buck 110 available somewhere in Magnacut? My search came up empty and Buck is Out of Stock.

Benchmade and Spyderco also came up empty in my searches. I see a lot of ads for the Spyderco Salt but, none are in stock. There are a few Hogue knives out there and Knifeworks has a Doug Ritter RSK® MK1-G2 listing for the RSK in Magnacut, though it is out of stock as well.
 
Sid Post said:
Is the Buck 110 available somewhere in Magnacut? My search came up empty and Buck is Out of Stock.

Benchmade and Spyderco also came up empty in my searches. I see a lot of ads for the Spyderco Salt but, none are in stock. There are a few Hogue knives out there and Knifeworks has a Doug Ritter RSK® MK1-G2 listing for the RSK in Magnacut, though it is out of stock as well.
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Buck ran a 1,000-piece MagnaCut 110 run, but as you noted, they're out of stock. They were in stock pretty much all yesterday, and I went back and forth about getting one, but ultimately passed (OK, I didn't pass, I waffled too long, thinking they wouldn't sell out as fast as they did, and now they're out of stock - that happens to me a lot - things that are always in stock, no big deal, and things that will go in a flash, I know I have to be fast for, but these popular things that take a day or so to sell out I often miss out on). I do have the RSK in MagnaCut, and it's a fabulous knife. That one was probably more limited than the 110, though. However, I would expect to see those models again. A lot of the production companies are in the testing-the-waters stages, hence the somewhat-limited one-time runs to see what demand will be and presumably also to test how the steel works in production and in practice.
 
madcap_magician said:
That one was probably more limited than the 110, though. However, I would expect to see those models again. A lot of the production companies are in the testing-the-waters stages, hence the somewhat-limited one-time runs to see what demand will be and presumably also to test how the steel works in production and in practice.
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Not necessarily. There are only 2 limited edition Buck knives in CPM 3V, for instance, AFAIK.

Now, I bought the MC 110 yesterday, out of curiosity. But it’s a strange test vehicle for Magnacut, IMO, with wood scales and brass bolsters and all … not exactly a diving knife :)
 
ferider said:
Not necessarily. There are only 2 limited edition Buck knives in CPM 3V, for instance, AFAIK.
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Yeah, but there's no reason they can't do CPM3V again. With MagnaCut I think we're into the stage where it's no longer a fad but a legitimate trend, so I'd be willing to bet that Buck will offer it again in some way.
 
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