02-25-2018, 09:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-26-2018, 12:29 PM by Mark Reich.)
(02-22-2018, 05:02 PM)me2 Wrote: I appreciate the sentiment. Now I have to go try to sharpen that S110V blade again.
That's the problem with all the "high wear" super steels. IMHO sharpen-ability is more important than what little extra edge holding there's supposed to be.
If you can't get S110V, or S90V (very little difference) sharp in the first place, what good is it? You're stuck with a mediocre edge for a long time.
I've totally given up comparing all the "high performance" stainless steels to CPM M4. I don't have much problem keeping carbon steel from rusting, although will I admit I don't like the way M4 pits.
M4 is easier to sharpen than M390, or any of it's variants. It's at least a couple points harder than S110V, which is probably why it holds a sharp edge obviously longer IMHO.
52100 only surface rusts, and I couldn't care less about it. A little oil and green scotch brite (no abrasive) has a blade looking fresh as a daisy in seconds. Sharpening to edge holding ratio is probably unbelievable. I literally spend less than 3 seconds per deer on average, or a minute per month on my EDC, and that's Non Powered. Just an Atoma.
(I don't sharpen "per deer". The edge is usable for dressing about 20 deer and it takes 60 seconds to sharpen)