I’m a new fan of this girl! She knows her shit… AND uses it🤣

In the video I did I mentioned that the steel felt soft, I said the heat treatment felt ok but that it just isn't at a high hrc, that's what I speculated. Especially after testing good heat treated hard magnacut it's pretty easy to tell the difference. Saying Best steel is like saying best vehicle, best for what?

Your candor is what makes me respect you so much. I love your clear, open and honest opinions on knives and blade steels with no fear of getting blow back from the big manufacturers. Keep it up! 👊🏼

I find varying knife steels interesting to talk about but I like my analogy comparing knives to cars, a 440 stainless knife ( a great steel from 1950-1980+ even today) will cut cardboard or cut your thumb off as well as a SPY27 knife just as you can drive 20 miles to the store and get where you’re going just as easily in VW Beetle as in a Cadillac. I started collecting knives 3-4 years ago and got caught up in the knife steel elitism and bought knives in D2 - until the D2 knives starting rusting indoors, having never been outdoors and never exposed to rain/water. What I find most intriguing about pocket knives are the shape of their handles, blades, locking mechanisms, etc and innovation.

Your videos and outlook/use is a breath of fresh air for my youtube/knife video viewing! Been loving it a lot!!! Going to check out the Playlists as well

Thanks for making this video. It’s excellent. I know you are broadening the scope of your channel (and I’m digging it) and hope content like this on knives continues.

S45vn is great. Should be the standard for premium steel. I’m so tired of M390/20cv. There are so many high end knives I want to buy but hold off because they are in M390/20cv. Magnacut looks great on paper, but just like you said, it seems like makers are still trying to figure out how to heat treat it. The examples of magnacut I have experienced are decent but nothing to write home about. For high edge retention while maintaining decent toughness and sharpenability , I haven’t found anything better than s90v. Love the videos. Keep up the good work. Use your shit!

I need a Magnacut and a SPY27. I have tried LC200N, XHP, S30v, and 20cv. None of the ones I’ve tried have changed my life in the ways that K390 and HAP40 have changed my life. I use LC200n for food. Easy to sharpen but edge retention not awesome. XHP is nice but barely stainless. It slices like a beast depending on blade thinness. Sharpening wasn’t bad at all. Removed it from rotation due to the relative non-stainlessness of it. S30v is okay. Not special. Not fun to sharpen. 20cv is supposedly the best stainless blade that I currently own. Better than LC200n in terms of edge retention, but I hate sharpening it. SPY27 will most likely replace my LC200n knives if Spyderco ever releases Delica’s/Endura’s/Police’s with that steel.

Very nice and thorough breakdown of these steels, that is SUPER helpful!!

I have a Pacific Salt in H2 and I love it. Very easy to sharpen but doesn't stay sharp as long as some other steels.

LC200N is great...... but need to get hands on Magnacut Native 5 Salt

It’s always nice to hear your updated opinion on steels. Another must-watch channel for someone who wants a similar firsthand perspective would be “Engineer’s Perspective.” Justin is also great at explaining the science of knife steels in an accessible way

I’ve watched all those videos about steel talk already, but still wanted to watch this😂

Nice and simple but some still don't follow your directions. Take care Erica and get well fast.

Magnacut is great, especially on Spyderco like Native 5. I think I have to agree tho on CPM S45VN. It’s probably the best all around especially for EDC in almost any brand that makes it. Love my Para 2 in S45VN because all I have to do is strop it. Almost never have to sharpen and it shows just how tough it is.

Agreed! I’ve noticed LC 200N is very easy to sharpen also, seems to get very sharp.

IMO many knife reviewers get to bent out of shape about the best steel or best knife question. Obviously some subscribers are just looking to you to steer them in the right direction. I’ve lived in desert environments and salt water environments. In either environment (more likely than not) the steel will see moisture. You gave some great examples of steels that will serve anybody’s needs and that’s awesome!

I was on a 6 month wait for the Hogue Deka v2 in Magnacut (clip point, polymer handles). I wonder if they revisited their heat treatment between yours and mine, as mine isn't soft at all. I've hit bone, a nail, and a brass staple with it while using it, and it didn't roll or develop a flat spot. I haven't had to do more than a swipe on a ceramic rod and a quick strop to keep it sharp yet. A note on the stainless aspect of Magnacut ... I took my son canoe camping last weekend and it was clipped into my pocket the whole time. I was in and out of the river to clear shallow spots, it rained a lot, and the humidity was high all weekend. Normally I pack a wipe down cloth soaked in Ballistol, but I forgot it this time. No rust, no discoloration, nothing. I was impressed. I'd send yours back to Hogue, maybe it's a lemon. I had a Benchmade 940 in M390/20CV years ago that I could not keep an edge on, and BM replaced the blade for free, agreeing that it was far softer than it should have been.

I actually watched 5 or 6 of your videos on various steels before watching this one. I'm getting the Native 5 SPY25, thanks to all your videos on the pros and cons of NATIVE 5s with different steels in each video.

Great explanation, thank you!

What's your favorite all around knife you've ever owned? Other than the 940 or para 3 that is.

Thanks for the info and taking the time to go over it another time for the new people in our community. I was going to watch it (already knowing all about the steels and having the wherewithal to check knifenerd's findings on each) just to add to you watch numbers. Was about to bail after all the bitching at the beginning of the vid. Figured I'd hang in there and figure you can have a bad day just like those people asking questions that are easily answered through a Google search. Maybe they had a bad day also. Also, when people ask specific youtubers what they think of a steel they seem to be asking more for their specific experience and opinion, which you did a great job of expressing. Thank you for the vid and I hope times are on their way towards better for you guys.

I am just using what makes the cut for me i am not really into steels yet because i am a beginner enthousiast . But may be if magnacut is more available i will give it a try one day just like d2 is everYwhere now . We need to look more into the playlists you are right about that.

I have had a Hogue in Magnacut and agree that it was completely shiet. I also have a Casexx Marilla and 940 blade by Greg Gersh Gayevsky in Magnacut that has been nothing but amazing. Baton through brick. Scraped rust off off very thick rusted things, like a trailer made out of .25 inch steel. It held up no problems. And like you said how everyone wants to forget s45vn and say Magnacut is king, that has left a whole shit ton of CRKs just sitting around. It's not difficult to get one you want. Unless it's a Umnumzaan.

I just texted my mom asking her what steel is best and she literally told me to fark off too! 😮

Curious how crk magnacut will stack up amongst everything. Don’t think I’ve seen any reviews yet. Hope they release drop points and inlays soon in magnacut. Would love a small micarta

Trying to decide between spy 27, cruwear, magnacut for my next manix.

Have you had the opportunity to check out CTS-XHP? I have heard it described as D2 but stainless and maybe a bit less tough

Surprised no 20cv in this list. Is it not as good as the other steels in ur opinion?

Which one rust first??

Edit: I'm considering the lc200n spyderco caribbean but I wasnt sure how I would do with it after using d2 and 154cm. Maybe it will wow me in toughness. If I can act stupid with it and use it hard it's definitely for me.

There's actually stainless testing. Vanax being the hardest to stain. Lc200n being a close second. A video was made using different corrosive liquids.

great video, i now wonder how's spyderco's new native 5 magnacut performing, i am patiently waiting their para 3 lw magnacut version release....

Lol just want to see if anyone comments 😅

Erica, can you tell me what are some good corrosion resistant steels? 😉😂

I swim with an h1 blade. Can you take these all surfing? 🌊

Hey Erica, what’s better? LC200N or Magnacut?

You think spyderco has been holding off on magnacut because they're still trying to iron out how they'd work the steel and what they'd be OK releasing?

It wasn’t my eyes burning…. Giggidy

I believe the first run Deka Magnacut was 58-60 HRC from what I’ve seen researching it and then when Doug Ritter worked with Hogue for his MC run it was done at 63-64. But the first run of the Deka was very low for MC. I think even if they did 61-62 like Tactile it might hold a better Edge. I hope hogue gets it right because I really like them as a company. 👍

Anyone have any experience with tactile knife CO magnacut?

So what one is the best?

ERICA WHAT KNIFE IS BEST?!?!?! /S

Whats better magnacut or cru wear? Lol....

FIRST! Finally

Hey, good summary! I like s45vn too. Would s90v be a further step up? Get well already…jk

Your reviews are important to the knife industry BTW

Laren's book?

I respect your opinion that it is obv based on your experiences, but based on scientific testing I've seen I would rank them based on stainlessness like this: 1. LC200N 2. MAGNACUT 3. S45VN 4. SPY27. Now did I do the testing myself? Fuck now I didn't even experience all of them, I just read articles on the internet so don't respect anything I said, but we're all able to have our opinion. What I think is not mentioned here is that LC200N is more stain proof than stainless, in most testing videos it doesn't even rust, it's not quite H1/H2 level but you know. That being said, will you have problems with corrosion on any of these in normal use? NO, not in a million years.

Do you want to sell your Shaman in Rex 45? The one you had moded out? Let me know. Ill pay your price.

One of the popular knife tubers suggested H1 would be good if you were a roofer and needed to cut shingles, how TF does that guy have 100k subscribers is beyond me, but I wasn't surprised as he likes to push gas station aesthetic knives.

How dare you put the choice in my hand on which steel I want to know is better!

First off, I will not F off, but I will go text my mom because it's been a couple of days..... lol...

Second? *shrug*

Lmao “soft like baby $hit”

Hogue just doesnt make good knives, sorry not sorry. No reason to ever look at a Hogue when you can just get a Spyderco for the same price point and infinitely better

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