Not a knife, but one of their stones - I discovered the Double Stuff yesterday and I'm hugely impressed. Pocket stone with medium and fine sides, wow what a great stone! I achieved levels of sharpness that I hadn't before, didn't even thought I ever will. Loving it and will definitely get the larger ones as well.
Love that dlc shaman! I recently sold my pm2 and m390 manix 2. Lookin to buy a g10/s30v manix 2 that I won't feel bad for when using.
The cutlery shoppe pm2 wharncliffe is calling my name. Not sure if the cts xhp steel is an upgrade from s30v. They have both. Anyone have experience with the xhp steel?
I have owned many knives in many steels and for me atleast I don't understand the steel hype... once you hit s30v I don't notice much of a difference in them.. some are less stainless then others but s30v is so good in reality I'm Content with it. 1095 and s30v is all I need and I'm pretty particular about an edge and how sharp they stay.
There is a lot of hype floating around for sure. I’m somewhat of a steel junky. I have found m4 and k390 from spyderco to be superior to s30v in edge retention and toughness but they take longer to sharpen. S30v is a good steel and will do anything I need it to. I am just curious about the how the xhp sharpens.
Take what I say with a grain of salt because I don’t have any of the new exotic steels for comparison. aus-8, 420hc (Buck), Lc200n, H1, vg-10, s30v (Buck), lots of 1095, O1, A2, and 3V are the steels I own. So… I have the Spyderco Chaparral in XHP. I love the knife and I think the XHP is great. It’s probably my favorite stainless steel. I have yet to need anything more than the medium or fine ceramics that come with the Spyderco Sharpmaker. I find that it is easy to sharpen and it takes a very fine edge. I rank it in there with stuff like LC200N, maybe even VG-10, as far as ease of sharpening. I live on the coast of South Carolina, about 5 minutes from the ocean, and I haven’t had issues with rust, but I’m very anal about maintenance with all my knives. The edge holding is good, for my use at least. The s30v in my Buck 112 seems to hold a working edge a little longer, from what I can tell, but it’s a very small difference. It seems decently tough, but I don’t do crazy stuff with it, it’s just not that type of knife. I hope that is somewhat helpful, feel free to ask if you have any specific questions.
I’ll be testing the xhp. I was gifted the pm2 Wharncliffe for Christmas. Definitely liking this blade shape. I used the fixed blade Wharncliffe this summer while painting the house. Perfect blade shape for utility work. The steel on the fixed blade is magna cut, blade grinding and scales done by my dad, heat treated by his pastor.