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Spidey12341
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Nov 4, 2017
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YFungTodd Begg knives by reate are $400, his mid techs are ~$2000 and his customs are ~$4000 they all use N690
anonomous
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Nov 4, 2017
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YFungN690 is a great steel and the knife as a whole is great. It's definitely not m390 or s35vn but it's still great. It's far above that of budget steel types and most people won't be able to tell the difference in cutting ability. It's easy to sharpen too.
Tbo people don't realize that the higher end steels don't show much performance gain above other steel because the blade stock and blade geometry is too wide.
If you take vg10 with a thin slicing blade and do a test between it and say m390 with a thicker blade geometry the vg10 blade will cut far longer. So essentially your paying more for a material that's not at its optimal geometry to get its maximum performance.
The raid ops is designed to be a decent slicer and will cut a long time vs say a zero tolerance with its thicker blade stock even Tho they are using a higher end steel.
Tbo people don't realize that the higher end steels don't show much performance gain above other steel because the blade stock and blade geometry is too wide.
If you take vg10 with a thin slicing blade and do a test between it and say m390 with a thicker blade geometry the vg10 blade will cut far longer. So essentially your paying more for a material that's not at its optimal geometry to get its maximum performance.
The raid ops is designed to be a decent slicer and will cut a long time vs say a zero tolerance with its thicker blade stock even Tho they are using a higher end steel.
BoxBlade
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Nov 5, 2017
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Spidey12341Spidey- Begg uses RWL-34 alot. I haveb't seen him use N690.
anonomous
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Nov 5, 2017
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BoxBladeAlot of south african customs use n690 and they are mostly all amazing knives. A custom knife will always be more expensive regardless of steel type.
BoxBlade
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Nov 5, 2017
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anonomousAgreed, I was just pointing out that Begg doesn't use N690.
Spidey12341
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Nov 5, 2017
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BoxBladewait what Begg doesn't use N690 I thought that was his favorite steel
BoxBlade
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Nov 5, 2017
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Spidey12341I don't believe so. Are you thinking M390? I own a Begg prototype and it is in RWL 34. Take care my man.
Spidey12341
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Nov 6, 2017
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BoxBladeSo his knives made by reate vary with steel but all of his customs that I have seen use N690
BoxBlade
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Nov 6, 2017
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anonomousAnonomous and Spidey, you are right on the Begg $2,000 range midtechs. They are in N690 (kind of surprising for the cost). Those knives were never touched by Todd himself. I have the prototype Glimpse that is being made by WE in RWL-34 (just the prototype). The prototype was hand made by Todd himself. Todd is suing the California operation headed by his brother Mark and has disassociated with them. This news just broke this weekend. I'm not sure if the WE version of the Glimpse in G-10 and carbon fiber will go forward. The knives actually made by Todd start at around $5,000 and there is a multi year wait. Sorry for the mix-up. It is all pretty confusing with the Steelcraft series, the California midtechs and the actual customs.
BoxBlade
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Nov 6, 2017
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Spidey12341Spidey, you are right on his midtechs. See my reply to anonomous.
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