custom shop has magnacut for 110, 112, 113, 119, 501 and 722

I still prefer Buck's S30V and S35VN over the Magnacut hands down. I have both a 110 and a 112 with equal carry time over the last several months and it's not outperformed Buck's 420HC in my use. I'm just not impressed. You know I'm one of the bigger Buck fanboys so for me to say anything negative about anything Buck, it's not my imagination.

Other than durability sitting on a shelf, what is your experience?
 
This thread is officially killing me. I gifted myself a Paramilitary 2 and said that's enough for a bit. Then I was successfully ignoring the sprint run they did in a steel I had never even heard of and I just suckered into a new Delica. Now they included the 112 into the Magnucut offering. My fun money is already deficit spending.... Everyone please keep posting pics so I'm able to live vicariously through your glory!!!
 
MT_Pokt said:
I still prefer Buck's S30V and S35VN over the Magnacut hands down. I have both a 110 and a 112 with equal carry time over the last several months and it's not outperformed Buck's 420HC in my use. I'm just not impressed. You know I'm one of the bigger Buck fanboys so for me to say anything negative about anything Buck, it's not my imagination.

Other than durability sitting on a shelf, what is your experience?
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I have only had my MagnaCut CKS 110 in my hands for a few weeks and can honestly say I haven't put it to any real hard use... yet. So far, I really like it! But I have a bunch of 110's in 420HC, a few in S30V and one in S45VN and I have been content with the performance of all of them. In my experience, the "super" steels seem to hold an edge longer than 420HC. That was a nice surprise as I hadn't really expected much when I got my first one. I also found it didn't take much more effort to get it back to a very sharp edge. My primary carry 110 for the last few years was a 110 Pro in S30V I bought back when they first came out (maybe 2019?) and then when the web special ebony/brass 110 came out in the same steel, I bought one of those and have carried that most days since. None of them have ever failed to deliver in what I use it for. But I have never broken any 110 so I could say that about all of mine.

In my opinion, they all offer great durability and utility for the price, even - maybe especially - 420HC. Do any of us really need anything more? Probably not. But I have come to really enjoy living in a day and age when we have those other options coming from a manufacturer that will hand make a knife exactly to your liking. That's so rare anymore. I know I'm not saying anything most of us don't already know. I'll end with this. I never got in on the stealth runs of the MagnaCut 110's and 112's in the past so I was excited to see it made available through the Custom Shop. And once the new wears off, I plan to use it much harder and see if I can tell the difference. My wife and I own a small 50 acre property that takes a lot of work to maintain so it will eventually get a workout. When I get it figured out, I'll let you know what I think. I hope I am still impressed.
 
MT_Pokt said:
I still prefer Buck's S30V and S35VN over the Magnacut hands down. I have both a 110 and a 112 with equal carry time over the last several months and it's not outperformed Buck's 420HC in my use. I'm just not impressed. You know I'm one of the bigger Buck fanboys so for me to say anything negative about anything Buck, it's not my imagination.

Other than durability sitting on a shelf, what is your experience?
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I think for the last nine months, there's been a Buck of one flavor or another in on my belt, or clipped to my pocket just about every day. I never had a problem with the 420HC because it just worked well for my uses, and when needed, it only took a couple minutes on the Sharpmaker to keep it sharp. I have several knives in S35VN, (Not Bucks), and like it better than the newer really hard super steels.

My 110 is my first knife in Magnacut & so far I'm happy with it. I've been using it pretty regularly since I got it a few weeks ago. Nothing to really put it to the test. Just the everyday stuff, like opening bags, cutting a few small tree branches, cutting up cardboard, etc. I did loosen up a couple root balls on trees that we've planted, and the 420HC most likely would've needed a touch up after cutting through those roots & dirt, but I'm still working with the factory edge on the Magnacut.

Now, I haven't tried to sharpen it yet, but from what I gather, it's something like S35VN, which I've never had a problem with. We'll see I guess.
 
I'm on the fence about ordering the Magnacut 112.. I built one in nickel silver waterbuffalo with finger grooves and no rivets.. But I had sworn to myself I would NOT order any Custom shop 112 until Buck gave me the option of a drop point blade in any steel. Just a matter of principle to me.
 
bucksway said:
I'm on the fence about ordering the Magnacut 112.. I built one in nickel silver waterbuffalo with finger grooves and no rivets.. But I had sworn to myself I would NOT order any Custom shop 112 until Buck gave me the option of a drop point blade in any steel. Just a matter of principle to me.
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I know what you mean. The 110 Magnacut a couple months ago was my first CS order, and knew it wouldn't be my last, but I swore that I wasn't buying any more CS knives until they offered a 112 Magnacut. I actually prefer the clip point, so that worked out fine for me. I also like wood slabs & have no problem at all with the standard ebony, but ordered this one with walnut.
 
MT_Pokt said:
I still prefer Buck's S30V and S35VN over the Magnacut hands down. I have both a 110 and a 112 with equal carry time over the last several months and it's not outperformed Buck's 420HC in my use. I'm just not impressed. You know I'm one of the bigger Buck fanboys so for me to say anything negative about anything Buck, it's not my imagination.

Other than durability sitting on a shelf, what is your experience?
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I have been carrying a 110 in Magnacut since the first ones came out in Jan. of 2023. For about 2 1/2 years prior to that I mostly carried a 110 in S30V, but did carry one in S35VN for a while to see what that steel was like. My totally unscientific conclusion is S30V holds an edge longer than S35VN. The Magnacut I have is closer to S35VN in edge hold, than it is to S30V. I understand that on subsequent runs of Magnacut, Buck ran them a little harder. That should bring their edge hold closer to S30V.

According to Larin's charts, Magnacut should be quite a bit tougher than either S30V or S35VN, but not as tough as Buck's 420hc. I try not to abuse my knives in a way the would test that. I sharpen with a Hapstone V8 with diamond plates, so non of them present a problem sharpening.

O.B.
 
bucksway said:
I'm on the fence about ordering the Magnacut 112.. I built one in nickel silver waterbuffalo with finger grooves and no rivets.. But I had sworn to myself I would NOT order any Custom shop 112 until Buck gave me the option of a drop point blade in any steel. Just a matter of principle to me.
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I feel same way, but I figured that they put the 112 on the Magnacut list, so at least that was progress. So I threw them a bone.
 
Happy Hippo said:
Figures Buck would give 15% off one day after I ordered a custom.
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I think that's happened every time I order something from them. I never contacted them to see if they'd apply it to my order. Maybe they would. I don't know. I also get a follow-up email every time go to their site to check something out. My wife's always like, "What'd you buy now?" Nuthin. I swear.
 
Ironbut said:
I think that's happened every time I order something from them. I never contacted them to see if they'd apply it to my order. Maybe they would. I don't know. I also get a follow-up email every time go to their site to check something out. My wife's always like, "What'd you buy now?" Nuthin. I swear.
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I think we might be married to the same woman LOL
 
I might yet order a CS 112 .. I've held out for a DP for years now because in my eyes it's SO EASY to just drop a box of blades off for the guys who like them.. Really Buck why not?? Are you saving the DP for LE's and special projects only?
 
MT_Pokt said:
I still prefer Buck's S30V and S35VN over the Magnacut hands down. I have both a 110 and a 112 with equal carry time over the last several months and it's not outperformed Buck's 420HC in my use. I'm just not impressed. You know I'm one of the bigger Buck fanboys so for me to say anything negative about anything Buck, it's not my imagination.

Other than durability sitting on a shelf, what is your experience?
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420hc is very strong, but she gets a burr that I only recently learned to remove properly - a piece of leather glued to a board + diamond paste work wonders. The guy with the electron microscope's website helped me a lot with this (scienceofsharp). A simple example, lately I often make sketches using pencils (regular graphite, but also charcoal and pastel kohinor gioconda). Pastel pencils wear out very quickly and require a sharp knife, because if the knife is dull, it will break off the lead. Before I started using diamond paste 2 weeks ago, every time I sharpened a pencil I sharpened a knife (#425), the pencil itself is soft but abrasive - "these pencils are made of a volcanic glass mineral base called pemza. Clear micro-granulated natural materials like kaolin, carbonate of calcium and binders are also added". After leather with diamond paste, the edge durability of 420 steel increases, that is, I have to sharpen it only after 3-4 pencil sharpenings. The s30v with normal sharpening lasts about 6-8 pencil sharpenings before I stop liking the way it cuts paper (it gets stuck in the micro-creases and tears the paper), when I started using leather and diamond paste, the number of sharpenings reached 9-10

Just picked up 532 bg42, fits very well in the hand. I hope 532 will also appear with this beautiful mangocut and maybe with a copper handle or standart nickel silver! although it is very unlikely, only if some limited run, like those copper ones with s35vn or 154cm. But in any case I will order 501, they are my favorites
 
MT_Pokt said:
I still prefer Buck's S30V and S35VN over the Magnacut hands down. I have both a 110 and a 112 with equal carry time over the last several months and it's not outperformed Buck's 420HC in my use. I'm just not impressed. You know I'm one of the bigger Buck fanboys so for me to say anything negative about anything Buck, it's not my imagination.

Other than durability sitting on a shelf, what is your experience?
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I’m sorry to hear that, all of my Magncut Bucks are doing very well and mostly impressed with how easy they are to keep super sharp. They don’t hold the edge as long as s30v but very close to s35vn maybe a bit better. I haven’t had any chipping or edge failures at all even on some very tough dirty materials . The toughness is very good on magnacut and that’s my main concern for my usage.
 
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