Benchmade Altitude

microtech85 said:
I guess i just like both benchmade and spyderco. i have always been very satisfied with their products. I don't have any problem with either.
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WHAT!? You're not taking a side to the point of bashing the other company? Just who the hell do you think you are? ;)
 
That hunter has a lot of gore on his hands; he clearly GUTTED that elk. What barbarian guts his elk? Ever hear of the gutless method?

Seriously though, I’m intrigued by this blade. If it’s thin enough, it would be a good alternative to the overbuilt Esee Izula and a better slicer too. LOVE the bright color. Knives get put down a lot during field work on a downed animal.

Scales or cord wrapped? Cord would be a pain to clean after the hunt.
 
Peakbagger46 said:
That hunter has a lot of gore on his hands; he clearly GUTTED that elk. What barbarian guts his elk? Ever hear of the gutless method?

Seriously though, I’m intrigued by this blade. If it’s thin enough, it would be a good alternative to the overbuilt Esee Izula and a better slicer too. LOVE the bright color. Knives get put down a lot during field work on a downed animal.

Scales or cord wrapped? Cord would be a pain to clean after the hunt.
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Nope. Gutless method was used. One of them did use cord. Here is the video link with the knife.
 
Benchmade said:
Who is saying it's S30V? :rolleyes:
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Unfortunately, I was going off of experience...
I hope that it isn't. Furthermore, I hope that this is a sign of things to come.

That being said, my anticipation is Very tempered, and I am not going to get my hopes up.
 
If it were thin enough to be a good slicer and had a good coating, 1095 steel would be nice. Rub some tallow fat on the edge after butchering and call it good!
 
GatorMedic said:
In one of the videos the guy said it's S90V steel.

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Hopefully the folks that have had issues sharpening their 940-1 don't have issues with this...
I have heard from more than a few people that they can get their other alloys whittling hair (m390, 3v, 4v, and other high carbide volume steels), but S90V gives them a hard time. I have not had first hand experience, so I cannot say for sure, but maybe it had to do with the size+volume of carbides (I am thinking comparable to D2 instead of M390).

Does anyone that cares to comment have any direct experience with S90V and how it relates to M390/20CV and D2 while sharpening?
 
NJBillK said:
Hopefully the folks that have had issues sharpening their 940-1 don't have issues with this...
I have heard from more than a few people that they can get their other alloys whittling hair (m390, 3v, 4v, and other high carbide volume steels), but S90V gives them a hard time. I have not had first hand experience, so I cannot say for sure, but maybe it had to do with the size+volume of carbides (I am thinking comparable to D2 instead of M390).

Does anyone that cares to comment have any direct experience with S90V and how it relates to M390/20CV and D2 while sharpening?
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Sharpening is a chore. The edge properties are different as well. If you want a terrifying hair-splitting edge in stainless that stays hair splitting, M390/20CV is the name of the game. Spending the time to get S90V to that level isn't worth the effort, as it's a large-carbide steel that loses its bite relatively fast. Think of S90V like a stainless version of D2 that's harder to sharpen and stays an "adequate" level of sharp much longer.

I may catch flack for saying all of that, but that's my experience and my interpretation of what "sharp" is.
 
Cypress said:
Sharpening is a chore. The edge properties are different as well. If you want a terrifying hair-splitting edge in stainless that stays hair splitting, M390/20CV is the name of the game. Spending the time to get S90V to that level isn't worth the effort, as it's a large-carbide steel that loses its bite relatively fast. Think of S90V like a stainless version of D2 that's harder to sharpen and stays an "adequate" level of sharp much longer.

I may catch flack for saying all of that, but that's my experience and my interpretation of what "sharp" is.
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I have quite a bit of experience with D2, but only in a fixed blade that was relatively thick BTE.

I was basically thinking that S90V would be similar to an all around stepped up D2, based solely upon others comments about the alloy, carbide type/size/volume, and elemental makeup.
I haven't had an issue with D2 (with sharpening or corrosion), but as I said earlier, I do not have any experience with S90V. I figured that it would take a decent edge, probably best between 400-600 grit and just leave it at a coarse working edge (though it would need ample hardness to not just roll the peaks over).

Thanks for some insight. I am glad to see that I was fairly close in my approximation.
 
D2 would be a sound investment considering it isn’t a nightmare to sharpen and it takes one hell of a toothy edge and strops out pretty nicely.

I have no clue how S90v acts. I was too busy enjoying m390, S35vn and Elmax to ever mess with it.
 
Standard78 said:
D2 would be a sound investment considering it isn’t a nightmare to sharpen and it takes one hell of a toothy edge and strops out pretty nicely.

I have no clue how S90v acts. I was too busy enjoying m390, S35vn and Elmax to ever mess with it.
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I don't care much for D2.

m390 and s35vn > s90v IMO.
 
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