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Rex 121

I own a lot of knives out of the box. This was the sharpest knife I ever owned.

I always thought 204p was comparable to m390.

Michael ive been watching your videos for many years now and considering how intelligent u are and how versitle your thinking is, u must have some lucky friends and family. They must appreciate how fortunate they are to have u in their lives. I'm sure glad I found u here on RUclips. Thanks for ur videos.

Awesome explanation thanks !

I have knives in every steel,and honestly,any midgrade with a good heat treat is perfectky fine for edc-My jaoara has been in my rotation fir about a year,and I think MAYBE I've honed it once or twice.In my honesy opinion,blade geometry and thinness behind the edge is really where it's at,and as with mist spydercos,the kapara has both in spades.Maybe not my best cutter,but damn close.The kapara is one of my folders that I cosider a work of art

Very much appreciate your comments on including a fine ceramic alumina stone for a high carbide steel. I like to use a coarse Venev, finishing edge trailing to draw out a keen edge, followed by a few passes edge leading on a Spyderco UF to do near complete deburring prior to the strop.

@michaelchristy4982 I miss your content. Any plans for new videos?

This is what we love, when Mike is outside in real situations using the knives and showing his talent and the tools possibilities. Thanks man so cool!

mine didn’t come very sharp. i can’t even carve a stick. sad😢

I ended up finding your videos, because I was searching for a solution to get some frontend sharpness. My edges get sharp, but loose their bite after only a few cuts. The knowledge and skill you have and also shared here on RUclips is phenomenal and inspired to learn more about sharpness and steel types myself. I hope you're doing fine and maybe someday decide to start making videos again.

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Incredible footage and sharpness. How does it hold up against cardboard? I notice that my edges loose shaving sharpness almost instantly when cutting cardboard, but still keep a working edge for a very long time after that. But the sharpening nerd in me would love to be able to keep shaving sharpness even after use.

I haven’t sharpened my Para 2 yet, so can’t speak yet on what that will be like. I can say that this thing is chipping with the most basic use of opening boxes and cutting nylon strap. It’s crazy, because I’ve read a lot of guys are not having this issue but have also read that a lot are having this issue. What I think may be happening is that some of these production edges are being over heated during the initial sharpening process thus creating some “lemons” for lack of a better word. Thoughts?

pfffff only good carambit is a CRKT provoke but it needs sharpening

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Hi Michael, I’ve been binge watching your videos recently, and just picked up the Spyderco Sage 5 Rex 121 LW. I’d love to see a video on Spyderco’s version of this steel. I enjoyed your Creely Mako video, and your comparison with Maxamet... great insight!! Take care, and I hope you are well.

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Cruwear or k390?

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Cutting little strips off a pine two by four is child's play. You can literally do that with a glass knife aka obsidian. Try doing that same thing with some hardwoods like oak or do a little light digging with it in some soil with some gravel in it. Maximet is great if you are doing light duty repetitive work that tends to dull knives quickly, like if you job requires you to cut cardboard all day long. It is absolutely terrible for everyday use for most people. It rusts if you get it anywhere near salt water, if you even try to use it to drill or batton through a little bit of wood or heavy duty plastic it chips or snaps the tip off terribly easily. It is difficult to sharpen and you will need diamond to do it properly. If you cut cardboard all day, you have diamond stones and are skilled with them and you don't plan to ever get the knife wet or live by the sea and you don't use it for everyday moderately heavy duty work then Maximet might be the steel for you. If you can't check off all those things then you are probably better off with a tougher, more corrosion resistant steel.

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After several years do you still think the K390 out of Golden is good on the PM2? I’m seriously thinking of ordering one.

I love my para 3 maxamet. It’s been my edc for years.

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Your sharpening regime on a £15 pen knife is going much further than most people would go on a high quality Japanese/Solingen/Sheffield steel £700 straight razor. Is it really that necessary?

pm2 cruwear or pm2 s45vn dlc coated version ? I read that the dlc coating makes the blade even stronger what do you thing?

How are you feeling about the S110V blade steel after seven years? Would you still use it despite the other stainless steel options on the market today, like S90V or MagnaCut?

4:00 You're not alone in that aspect! lol

Hi Michael would like to see more of your sharpening video.

You should have never stopped...

Thats the issue i feel i have when freehand sharpening. I just dont feel confident that im using the same angle when flipping sides or changing stones etc. Im sure im within 1 to 2 degrees but i feel that its necessary to be more precise than that to get a super sharp edge. I get my knives hair popping sharp, when everything comes together just right. But ive never whittled a hair before. Also, quite often it seems i take the bite off my edge when i move to the strops. Any suggestions or am i destined to be a fixed angle clamp system guy?

Damn. What you did with that hair…