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Cracktower
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Sep 24, 2018
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Tanto blade profile, let's call it a Katana! Whoever came up with that name should be fired.
Isn't VG10 a little brittle for a folder?
Kavik
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Sep 24, 2018
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CracktowerI can't imagine why, not if it's done well?
I hear that concern more often in relation to large fixed blades, things you might really pound on
What sorts of hard materials you cutting with a folder?
What sorts of hard materials you cutting with a folder?
Hatuletoh
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Sep 25, 2018
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CracktowerEver handledMcusta VG10? I don't have a Katana, altough that situation will be remedied sometime after 19 Oct, the exact date depending upon how long it takes the legally blind, 89 yr old, rheumatic granny lady who drives the FedEx truck to deliver the knife to me. I assume that's who drives the FedEx truck w/ my MD deliveries since they take 7-9 days to arrive on a route the USPS covers in 2-4 days, even around Xmas.
Anyway, Mcusta VG10 is a very, very noticeable grade superior to all other VG10 I've compared it to, at least in hardness and edge retention. I can't say I've really put a blade's toughness to the test by checking to see how brittle it is--that's a wee bit too rough a thing to do to one's own brand new knife--but Mcusta definitely gets the most from their VG10 in the way that the S35VN blade on a Chris Reeve knife is something altogether different than , well, any other blade made from that steel I've personally encountered.
On a related note: I've heard the knock on VG10 being prone to chips and brittleness, but I've never experienced it myself. I admit though, I rarely put my knives to the sort of hard use liable to chip them, even if it means carrying three or four so as to swap them out before damaging a blade. My question is: have you had a VG10 blade shap off a tip, or chip, etc. in a way that related to being brittle? And if so, what were the circumstances? I'm just trying to get a feel for how big of an issue this is--sometimes steels have reputations for certain performance characteristics that, while true enough, only occurs at such extremes that it's not something a lot of people need to worry about. So if you've had that happen with VG10, I'd be interested in the story.
Anyway, Mcusta VG10 is a very, very noticeable grade superior to all other VG10 I've compared it to, at least in hardness and edge retention. I can't say I've really put a blade's toughness to the test by checking to see how brittle it is--that's a wee bit too rough a thing to do to one's own brand new knife--but Mcusta definitely gets the most from their VG10 in the way that the S35VN blade on a Chris Reeve knife is something altogether different than , well, any other blade made from that steel I've personally encountered.
On a related note: I've heard the knock on VG10 being prone to chips and brittleness, but I've never experienced it myself. I admit though, I rarely put my knives to the sort of hard use liable to chip them, even if it means carrying three or four so as to swap them out before damaging a blade. My question is: have you had a VG10 blade shap off a tip, or chip, etc. in a way that related to being brittle? And if so, what were the circumstances? I'm just trying to get a feel for how big of an issue this is--sometimes steels have reputations for certain performance characteristics that, while true enough, only occurs at such extremes that it's not something a lot of people need to worry about. So if you've had that happen with VG10, I'd be interested in the story.
Cracktower
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Sep 25, 2018
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HatuletohI have heard that they weren't a preferred steel for folders. I haven't had any issues being I don't have a folder with that steel. I do believe I asked a question so pardon my for not sharing an experience.
Hatuletoh
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Sep 25, 2018
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CracktowerNot at all; you did indeed phrase it as a question, and it's fundamentally the same question I was asking, really.
I got to extolling the virtues of Mcusta steel in my usual style of using ten words where three will do, and didnt make clear what I should have, this being Internet: I wasnt asking you had an example of weak VG10 as a way of calling BS on that claim (which, as you say, you didnt actually make). I apologize if it sounded that way. I was and am genuinely interested, because for as pervasive as is the idea of VG10 being a brittle blade steel, I have yet to find anyone who has actually had the problem...
...or anyone who has LEGITIMATELY had the problem, you could say. I've spoken with two people who said they had a VG10 blade break, but their stories were almost identical, and to paraphrase, basically went: "well...I probably shouldn't have been using the tip of the blade to try to loosen a rusted carriage bolt, but everybody says how great Spyderco knives are, so I just figured it would be ok to jam the tip of my Delica's blade into that rusty groove and hit it with a hammer again and again. Me: "Unbelievable." They: "I know, right? You'd think a knife that cost $75 would be tougher than to break just doing THAT."
I got to extolling the virtues of Mcusta steel in my usual style of using ten words where three will do, and didnt make clear what I should have, this being Internet: I wasnt asking you had an example of weak VG10 as a way of calling BS on that claim (which, as you say, you didnt actually make). I apologize if it sounded that way. I was and am genuinely interested, because for as pervasive as is the idea of VG10 being a brittle blade steel, I have yet to find anyone who has actually had the problem...
...or anyone who has LEGITIMATELY had the problem, you could say. I've spoken with two people who said they had a VG10 blade break, but their stories were almost identical, and to paraphrase, basically went: "well...I probably shouldn't have been using the tip of the blade to try to loosen a rusted carriage bolt, but everybody says how great Spyderco knives are, so I just figured it would be ok to jam the tip of my Delica's blade into that rusty groove and hit it with a hammer again and again. Me: "Unbelievable." They: "I know, right? You'd think a knife that cost $75 would be tougher than to break just doing THAT."
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