Thanks Lex

Took mine up to a 1200 grit then strop on 4mic diamond emulsion and it freaking BITES!!! Holds it for a good long while too

Yeah I've done a few s45v now I actually have a sebenza in as well atm, it does sharpen well I'm noticing some small differences between companies and heat treatment

Yeah man same knife. I'm impressed how good the edge retention is compared to my s30v pm2. And agree on the ease of stropping!

⁠@@Zaque-TVwhich do you prefer for everyday tasks?

​@@NeevesKnives , salut de France✌ ! Le traitement thermique du cpm s 45 vn de spyderco est bon ?

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So kizers S45 is a bit on the softer side, so it tends to not take the edge it could with higher hrc, and the burr is more difficult to remove cleanly

You should try it but dont get discouraged its like riding a bike kinda

@@NeevesKnives thanks for the encouragement! Appreciate you

Yeah i agree, i like s35 but not as much as other steels like s30v

the only reason they made s35vn is because s30v was too hard for knife makers to grind, so to make production easier and save money, they made a steel with less "edge retention" aka higher machinability. S45VN is basically S35VN version 2. It's what S35VN was supposed to be. Anyway in the grand scheme of things all of these steels are extremely similar to each other, other factors will matter MUCH more than the choice between any of these very similar steels mentioned here. Any one of them makes for an excellent all around knife steel, but most users would likely be better off with a straight chromium steel like XHP.

Yeah im hoping to get more and more to see if theres large variables between companies and ht, ive noticed that about some steels it really depends on whos doing it and how well its done while other steels just seem to be similar across the board for the most part

@@NeevesKnives Is this your only example of S45VN so far? I absolutely love Hinderer knives, but I'd be really surprised if his HT is getting the most out of the steel, edge retention wise. Spydercos S45VN has been very comparable to S30V in my experience, while sharpening a bit easier, which I've found to be the only real downside to S30V. Ive only tried it in that one model though. M4 has been my most used steel the past few years, mostly in a few different models from Spyderco, but also a small custom fixed blade. I finally used my new-ish m4 bailout to cut up cardboard for recycling and after cutting up enough cardboard to fill a 95 gallon bin, it still shaved hair with a bit of effort. As you said, It was like a completely different steel. Even more surprising since it's a steel I thought I had tried at its best.

@@CNYKnifeNerd yeah the difference between a steel being done to its best or just being done is like two completely different steels

Possibly

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The s45 para 3 is baller

Only seen the first batch in S45vn but it's been awhile. All I see from them are 20cv

How do you like it? I’ve been contemplating getting one.

I have dozens of Sharpening stones, I like to use Mt diamond plates and Venev resin bonded diamond stones the most

I didn't read the description my bad

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I have a whole play list of sharpening tips and tricks, most of which transforms over to kme as well like following the grt pattern so have a better chance at getting a burr and knowing when

To be fair, I hate sharpening Elmax and I have 20+ years of sharpening experience.

@@CNYKnifeNerd really! Are you using diamond plates or diamond matrix style stones?

Get the ultra sharp 300 and 600, if you want the 1200 you can get the 3 pack I link for around 50$ for the 2× 6 plates, the 3×8s are more expensive, make sure you also get a stone holder

It's hard to say since I've only tried this one but I would guess it's easier to heat treat so it will probably be more consistent across the board obviously different hrc will offer different results but still more consistent, but I believe it's more well rounded than m390, because where m390 falls short is it's toughness and it's probably a little easier to sharpen but imo m390 is easy to sharpen

You can email me or send a message on Instagram the links are in the description at the bottom

Only for sharpening so its hard to say

@@NeevesKnives I’m very curious to how it performs. It’s still rare and not used a lot. Spartan uses it.

How bad do you want one? LOL There's a retailer in Czechia that has 1 in stock currently. I've used them a couple times for a few knives I couldn't find anywhere and they were great, but shipping was like $45 I think. Shipping took like 8 days to USA. www.premiove-noze.cz/en/folding-knives/kizer-sheepdog-mini-c01c-v3488c5-new-2021/?currency=USD

@@CNYKnifeNerd of corse the 1 out there for sale would be half of knife value for shipping. 🙄