Why isn't Magnacut more available in production knives?

marrenmiller said:
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.
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I also bought one of the Meglio gyuto's. It is a very nice knife for the price.
 
madcap_magician said:
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.
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I snagged one as soon as the email hit, as I knew those would be gone quick. Threads quickly popped up on a few knife FB pages I follow, and the comments of "Ordered!" started accumulating immediately. Hopefully Buck will bring further releases in MagnaCut to the market, as I'd definitely be in, for the novelty factor if nothing else!
 
A lot of great replies in this thread and I agree that kitchen knife makers tend to be late steel adopters, compared to the custom and luxury knife market. Magnacut is really picking up momentum among knife makers and I don't see that trend changing, unless some material scientists (theoretical chemists) throw their hat in the ring to see what they can do. We're now at the point of material science where you ask what you want the material to do and they make it, as opposed to being always forced to choose from a limited selection. The only problem is that getting exactly what you want could make a knife cost $6 million each and have 3-4 technicians making it die of cancer, making it less than feasible.
 
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