LC200N vs Maxamet

[RugerNurse]

Which would be more suited for outdoor use in a pocket knife? Corrosion properties aside. Thinking of a Native 5 Lightweight in one of these steels.

 

[ferider]

Depends what you want: they are on completely opposite sides of the spectrum; one of the toughest, most stainless steels vs. one of the hardest, most wear resistant ones.

Get both

 

[dirc]

magnacut imho - for any scenario

 

[RugerNurse]

Depends what you want: they are on completely opposite sides of the spectrum; one of the toughest, most stainless steels vs. one of the hardest, most wear resistant ones.

Get both

I guess I'd prefer the tough aspect more for working outside

 

[King of the Cheese]

LC200N is designed for saltwater use. Maxamet for cutting things without the need to resharpen. I think they have niche uses. I would be more inclined to pick maxamet if I did something like cut apart cardboard boxes a lot. LC200N for water sports, fishing, beach, etc.

For outdoor use, my favorites are M4 and S35VN.

 

[toker]

I would choose Magnacut over LC200N for salt water use. If you rinse the knife off, I doubt you'll see any rust.

 

[sharp_edge]

Lmao Guy is asking about lc200n vs Maxamet and almost everyone is suggesting magnacut. let's kill all other steels and just go with magnacut.

 

[ferider]

I guess I'd prefer the tough aspect more for working outside

That's what I'd go for, too. Not because I'm afraid of the blade breaking, but because I hate chips. LC200n is tougher than Magnacut too, BTW. And it's kind of cool to use a knife for food, lemons, cleaning something in a river, etc.

Now, if you'd have to do - say - some electrical work, I'd pick the Maxamet blade.

 

[Wandering_About]

Of the two mentioned, most would probably be happier with LC200N. I'd probably recommend SPY 27 as an alternative, better edge holding than LC200N while still being quite reasonable to sharpen. And the SPY 27 Native is a nicer color than the slime green LC200N one, but that's certainly a personal opinion!

 

[Dr Rez]

magnacut imho - for any scenario

I assume you are being sarcastic, but that is certainly not the case lol. It is not a top performer in any category (except perhaps corrosion reisstance) but is so good because its so well rounded. Tougher steels, higher edge retention steels, and more stainless steels exist if you are looking for a specific performance metric.

That being said...if I could turn all my knives to magnacut I would lol

 

[dirc]

imho its magnificent - the balance is excellent & the fact it has the rust resistance of steels with twice the chromium (... it technically can't even be called stainless because its well under the 12.5% needed under the 'old rules' for such things)

my only minor gripe might be the toughness ... so I'll still pick 3v over it for the most extreme cases of hard use

(and that recognizes it's well above the toughness of most other steels)


((also, apologies to the op, I really would choose magnacut over maxamet or lc200n any day for any use))

 

[dirc]

....
scratch that - I sat here and thought of extreme cases where I'd use the others:

maxamet - if I had to design a leather punch for a shoe factory type application - the 70+ hrc with very brittle toughness would not matter if your edge is 90 degrees like a punch ; )

lc200n - if you had to use it underwater in the oceans continually - an ocean dive knife

 

[5DoorEstate]

We’re 3 replies from somebody saying if it’s outdoor use it should be a fixed blade in 3V only.

 

[David Mary]

000Robert let's see if we can make that only two replies

 

[Dr Rez]

((also, apologies to the op, I really would choose magnacut over maxamet or lc200n any day for any use))

You would choose Magnacut over lc200n if your sole priority was toughness?

Or Magnacut over maxamet if you need extreme edge retention and nothing else?

 

[toker]

Lmao Guy is asking about lc200n vs Maxamet and almost everyone is suggesting magnacut. let's kill all other steels and just go with magnacut.

To be fair, he's asking about Spyderco, which has knives in all three steels. Maxamet isn't as corrosion resistant as LC200N. Magnacut may not be able to outperform Maxamet at cutting, but it's a really good all around steel and good enough for Spyderco to put it in it's Salt series. That sounds like a great outdoors steel to me.

 

[anthonycastorena2014]

Lc200n would get my vote. Great well rounded steel. Checkout cedric&Ada review on the spydiechef. I have a Carribean se. Absolutely great cutter. Took it into saltwater on vacation for a week. Forgot to rinse it multiple times now a scratch. Cut a good amount and it will still shave. I love it.

 

[Danke42]

Maxamet/LC200N San Mai for me.

 

[K.O.D.]

Rastafrei.

To be honest, unless you are specifically looking for use in and around water or other corrosive environments, LC200N isn't the best choice. It really depends on what you are using it for. If you aren't cutting super abrasive or hard materials, a super tough knife is not going to be necessary. From what I hear, Maxamet is largely focused on edge retention.

For what it's worth, my friend is a carpenter and he has a PM2 in S110V and really loves it, and has had no chipping issues. So that's another option.

The Native 5 comes in so many steels its basically a pick the one you like and that you can afford.

I've been happy with Spy27 for that matter.

 

[RugerNurse]

Of the two mentioned, most would probably be happier with LC200N. I'd probably recommend SPY 27 as an alternative, better edge holding than LC200N while still being quite reasonable to sharpen. And the SPY 27 Native is a nicer color than the slime green LC200N one, but that's certainly a personal opinion!

The cobalt blue for the SPY27 is a great color, probably one of the best in Spyderco's line up. Would SPY27 chip easily?