New sub here. I think Spyderco is selling this steel at a very fair price. I'm sure maxamet would cause lots of changes in the production process. Sharpening it would not increase the price much. I have an example of your work. I bought a Benchmade Valet,used, a while ago. It turns out that it was sharpened (repaired) by you. Good job! Great new edge! You've got a new fan
The heat treat is very involved and extremely expensive. I'm almost positive that it needs a 2250f soak and cryo and multiple tempers. Not to mention the belts and drill bits/grinding wheels they go through really fast, as well as the higher price of the steel is alot of the reason for increased price. Regarding the sharpening chromium is gummy and makes steel brittle/ not take an edge well From my experience tungsten is very good at wanting to get extremely sharp without much effort. The extreme hardness helps it hold an acute edge very well too. Tungsten also seems to hold high sharpness longer than vanadium. Cobalt helps kind of boost the properties of all the allows even more along with a higher attainable hardness. I'm very glad that carpenter decided to not try and make this stainless. It is sort of a souped up Rex t15
hardness rockwell is a factor in edge retention wear and durability but other things like tungsten and vanadium +carbon determine the over performance of the knife
I dropped my then brand new pm2 in m390 on the pavement. The tip was fairly damaged and the knife has never been the same since that night. I have never had so much bad luck with a knife than with pm2 's.
finest steel I have ever used takes a beautiful forced patina with hues of blues and grays using sliced strawberries. not difficult to sharpen with DMT diamond stones I have also used ceramic stones as well. Absolutely nothing comes even close to Maxamet for edge retention.
I bought it, stropped it and its dangerously sharp. I love it!!
Nicely sharpened. Ive seen the chip on spydercoforums, indeed impressed how small the chip was taking in considereation how hard the steel is.
New sub here. I think Spyderco is selling this steel at a very fair price. I'm sure maxamet would cause lots of changes in the production process. Sharpening it would not increase the price much.
I have an example of your work. I bought a Benchmade Valet,used, a while ago. It turns out that it was sharpened (repaired) by you. Good job! Great new edge!
You've got a new fan
Fantastic video, and an objective look at the Maxamet. Thank you sir, your videos are great.
Thank you, James!
The heat treat is very involved and extremely expensive. I'm almost positive that it needs a 2250f soak and cryo and multiple tempers. Not to mention the belts and drill bits/grinding wheels they go through really fast, as well as the higher price of the steel is alot of the reason for increased price. Regarding the sharpening chromium is gummy and makes steel brittle/ not take an edge well From my experience tungsten is very good at wanting to get extremely sharp without much effort. The extreme hardness helps it hold an acute edge very well too. Tungsten also seems to hold high sharpness longer than vanadium. Cobalt helps kind of boost the properties of all the allows even more along with a higher attainable hardness. I'm very glad that carpenter decided to not try and make this stainless. It is sort of a souped up Rex t15
great video and channel! I subbed.
I just ordered a native 5 in Maxamet :D
have a nice day!
hardness rockwell is a factor in edge retention wear and durability but other things like tungsten and vanadium +carbon determine the over performance of the knife
I dropped my then brand new pm2 in m390 on the pavement. The tip was fairly damaged and the knife has never been the same since that night. I have never had so much bad luck with a knife than with pm2 's.
a Maxamet Paramilitary 2 or Para 3 would be quite sweet
Right.
We'll probably see a sprint
Jim Ramsey Khouri There was a Maxamet Paramilitary 2 with dark grey handles announced
Justin Barylski yes I saw. This comment is several months old to be fair
Just ordered a Maxamet PM2
finest steel I have ever used takes a beautiful forced patina with hues of blues and grays using sliced strawberries. not difficult to sharpen with DMT diamond stones I have also used ceramic stones as well. Absolutely nothing comes even close to Maxamet for edge retention.
I still think bd1 is amazing steel for the money takes a kickass polish too
great vid dude keep them up
Just curious what kind of bevel you put on that? Looks nice by the way! The quality of your video/audio is stellar as well!
Great video and sweet sharpening job! I would like to try out this steel sometime soon. Isn’t whittling hair where you cut strands from the hair?
I'm not sure you understand what hair whittling is.
Is 67 the rumored HRC from Spyderco?
Really informative and interesting thank you.atb paddy
Thanks for watching!
130.oo i would likely buy but 160.00+ dont see it in my future.
Maybe the price will come down!
Hope so, i really want one!
130.00 i would buy. 167.00 not worth it.