Reate Knives 2018 high-end knife: Baby Machine(Coming soon)

Hi Reate team, your photo's are not visible! You probably have to upgrade your Photobucket account to a payed account as they no longer allow free accounts to use "3rd party hosting".

 

Yup, what he said. Also Imgur seems to work well without the fees Photobucket wants. Can't wait to see new knives!

 

Have seen some photos and really looking forward to this one!

 

Here's the two versions.

Baby Machines

 

That front groove looks like the perfect size for 1.5 fingers

 

Sounds perfect - depending if your half finger is cut vertically or horizontally.

I wish they had used M390 or CTS-204P instead of RWL34.........

 

Fortunately I don't like any of his designs. Saves me money for other Reates.

 

I really don't understand the issues some people are claiming to have with the RWL34... It is a genuine premium steel and has excellent edge retention (with Reate's heat tread 60-61HRC) and corrosion resistance. I'm willing to bet a nice sum that even in a pretty hard testing environment (which this kind of folders generally never have to face anyway) there is NO real noticeable difference with other premium steels. Reate would not use it if it wasn't that great and it's also the preferred choice of Tashi. Think about it; he has the final say in this and he chose this steel...

 

It's not a "bad" steel - it's just not as good as other newer steels.

Our customers are the ones that have the final say. Do you really think we are saying stuff like "don't buy this knife because it has this blade steel" ? We put out the specs and everyone makes their own choices. We do give the customer feedback to the knife companies though.

I lost a sale the other day on a Liong Mah XV because he uses S35VN. I offered the customer a discount and a free tube of Nano Oil. He still wouldn't buy it because of the blade steel.

 

Most knife consumers don't want M390 and other super steels because they need the improved edge retention over great steels like RWL-34.
But they still want the M390 and that's all that really matters.
At a certain price-point, consumers look for the most premium steels. The perception is that RWL-34 is a step behind M390.

 

I also really wish Liong Mah would use M390/CTS204P/20CV... or Elmax.

I think the big reason why is that price point. At $300-$500, buyers don't really see a need to settle for less than the current bleeding-edge materials.

 

I badgered Liong about that steel issue until I think he was getting the shits with me. Sorry Liong

Vanax is another new steel Bohler are pushing and so far I've only seen Shiro using it as "Vanax 37" - but it's hard to keep up with it all these days.