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My guess would be they reversed the numbers and we're probably looking at Hrc 56 or so. But still, an SK5 SRK for $42 strikes me as a damn good deal.
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My guess would be they reversed the numbers and we're probably looking at Hrc 56 or so. But still, an SK5 SRK for $42 strikes me as a damn good deal.
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~65rc would be the quenched hardness with no tempering. I'm betting Insipid is correct that it was a reversal of the numerals. 56 sounds a lot more like it. 
~65rc would be the quenched hardness with no tempering. I'm betting Insipid is correct that it was a reversal of the numerals. 56 sounds a lot more like it.
+1 on this, i'll take the stats listed there with grain of salt until the official announcement.
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The site says its a DROP POINT. That's the only difference.
Tooo bad they still use 4116 Cryo quenched soft sh$t instead of a decent steel in the ProLite series. VERY DISAPPOINTING
Glad to see some new stuff though.
Opps missed the details. Thanks. Drop point is great. Yeah I wished they would have at least used the AUS8 steel. They did it for the finnwolf which has identical size and similar priced, so I don't understand the logic here..
I went back and checked some older catalogs from over a decade ago.
It turns out that the Night Force was a leaf-spring (linerlock) lock folder from 2002.
It was one of the first products that were made in Taiwan.
It had 440A clipped point blade too, very close to the current Voyager clip point.
It will be interesting to see if they kept the leaf-spring lock.
It turns out that the Night Force was a leaf-spring (linerlock) lock folder from 2002.
It was one of the first products that were made in Taiwan.
It had 440A clipped point blade too, very close to the current Voyager clip point.
It will be interesting to see if they kept the leaf-spring lock.
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Italy, huh. Lots of talented manufacturers there. Too bad they couldn't make it work in the US. I guess Trump didn't call them.
I suppose that the US-made 4Max will be more collectible?
Italy, huh. Lots of talented manufacturers there. Too bad they couldn't make it work in the US. I guess Trump didn't call them.
I suppose that the US-made 4Max will be more collectible?
Either that or less due to potential better quality from Italy. Hopefully they are contracting with Lionsteel, the fit and finishes of the Lionsteel that I own is impeccable
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But I gotta tell you that some of the designs are one of the ugliest I've ever seen
That was my thought as well.
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Yep that's possible. Wonder if the MSRP will be higher.
It was pulled and made private. CS isn't ready to show them to public yet
Too bad, bud the link now deleted from the forum and now its under the password. I should have saved the pics, damn.
But I gotta tell you that some of the designs are one of the ugliest I've ever seen
Which one do you think is particularly ugly? I just think the new opening hole+ramp is a little too funky for my taste... my favorite has got to be the immortal. I wished they made a spear point version instead of just tanto
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Italian 4-MAXs? Designed by Andrew Demkolini? Italian production is fine by me, as long as the quality is there. Maybe they'll be more readily available now as well (fingers crossed). :thumbup:
Italian production is fine by me, as long as the quality is there. Maybe they'll be more readily available now as well (fingers crossed). :thumbup: