Atlantic Knife @AtlanticKnife sells this for $89.95 (am not affiliated but enjoy the fact it’s $5 less than BHQ and KC) Support small family business! I’m excited because finally MagnaCut is taking its proper place among powdered steels: a basic universal and inexpensive both in material manufacturing and blade production! Basic doesn’t mean bad, just means non-premium. My opinion. What’s yours?? Sorry about some weird audio “ghosts” in the last few minutes of the video. No idea what happened, but I blame the deep state 🤣
@@CuttingBoardRx yes Atlantic knife was where I saw the knife at. I didn't even see it at other places for a week or so after. I love basic and premium knives. Basic is not bad and those are the ones that get more pocket time for me. I love the simplicity of the RAT knives and I'm very happy to see that magnacut was done right and for a nice price. I have 3 young kids and I'm now a stay at home Dad. Every dollar counts. Even for a 90 dollar knife I'm going to have to save a little. Gotta take care of Christmas first but yes I do plan on getting it through Atlantic when I can. Thank you for the time and money you put into your videos. Best knife reviews on the internet. My opinion.
Also R.A.T stands for Randall Adventure training, not tracking. I've taken 3 of their courses around 10 years ago. Very good video my friend you really are doing good work and I'm proud to support your channel!
Couldn't agree more! The rat folders have always been great! I carry a s35vn rat 2 all the time. Lots of performance out of a sub 100 dollar knife! Keep doing what you do my friend this is the best knife channel on RUclips!
I have been excited about this knife. I love my Rat1. Since they never offered a magnacut knife I was not even going to consider it until I saw you put it to the test. I have been waiting on this video.
Very good info ❤ 7:37 I have some recent purchases from Ukraine. A nice utility knife and also a nice numitron watch. Really nice people to deal with and quality work
I have a Randall RAT 1 by Ontario,and 3 OKC (1 Carbon scales, 1 OD, and 1 blaze orange). I also have a RAT II but prefer larger knives. A RAT opens as fast as a spring assist with just the thubstud. great for areas where spring assist is not allowed. They are one of the most comfortable knives with a very practical blade. I hope the 1.5 make it to Canadian stores.
@@CuttingBoardRx I don't know about the PM side of it, but there was basically a statement from Customs to that effect. Thing is they have always stolen knives like a Spyderco Endura for me over a decade or more yet the same knife can be purchased in Canada from our knife stores here. So they were taking personal knives, yet allowing companies to import them. Stud, spring assist, back flipper are all legal. Switchblades, gravity knives, balisongs, and knives designed to be flicked open are illegal. Many modern knives can be flicked open because they are quality but are not designed like that as was the intention of the very old law back when flick and gravity knives were used by military parachutists.
I just watched the video. I went directly onto the Atlantic knife site and placed an order. Thx for posting this video with loads of good info.. p.s. I also heard the loud vibration type noise during the tail end of the session.
Wow, surprisingly good hrc on that one! That said ... even at 64 hrc, Magnacut doesn't have CLOSE to the same edge retention as s90v at 61-62 hrc. Per Larrin Thomas' testing, s90v will have about 40% better edge retention ... at least on the CATRA test.
Absolutely. Magnacut at any hardness is not going to make up for S90V's high amount of vanadium carbide. And Cruwear at 64HRC will be about 25% tougher than Magnacut.
yeah, and it won't be anywhere near as tough as cruwear either. still, it's hella stainless, which can't be said about cruwear, or s90v to the extent that magnacut has.
Yeah but that's not the point of magnacut. The point is to hit toughness, corrosion resistance, and edge retention. Meaning at high hrc it won't be nearly as chipy as most of the other superspeed high end steels and still be stainless
@@firstlast2514 sure thing, but that wasn't the point here. The point was that cbrx claimed edge retention on par with s90v, which just isn't true, and neither is cruwear toughness.
@@judgetoogood1033 TS Prof KO3 costs $870. It is made out of parts machined in China and assembled/packaged in Russia. And, by the look of it, it does the exact same thing as XARILK Gen 2. Makes no sense to me.
Could you do a video on Bradford knives new magnacut and magnatuff? They have their guardian 3 and 3.2. They claim high hrc and I am just curious to see what your thoughts and discoveries would be on a review
@@kinguin7 I was just looking at the very early Griptilian with a 440C blade from back when he was still collaborating with BM. I need to get off my ass and get the real one.
@CuttingBoardRx this comment was supposed to go on a different video 😂 wrote it, hit the submit button as RUclips was going to the next (this) one, guess it wound up here even though I'm pretty sure that used to work correctly. Anyways, are you saying you want to get one of the originals, or the current Hogue produced model?
Hi sir, enjoy your videos. On a separate topic, any chance you will do a hardness test of the S35vn of an ADV tatical knife. Recently saw your video on your experience of the pitboss adv questioning where the newer models are made. I picked up a recent Ratel, and so far, it has held an excellent edge with hard use.
@@Edcreviewerglad to have independent confirmation. I flipped to another video - no feedback. Then I switched earbuds with this video on - still got feedback. But I almost always assume the foul up is something on my end.
Magnacut and s90v are the 2 steels I haven’t tried but I have a Jack wolf fixed blade coming today and it has crucible s90v steel. At this point CB I’ve cut myself with a bunch of knives and I’m starting to think that’s my quality control test! 😂
I think you are going to love magnacut. Magnacut and SPY27 have been my two top steel choices for a fair bit as they do everything well and are both a joy to sharpen.
Oh, I have a question about performance at lower hardness - does the stain resistance of magnacut track with how soft it is or is it something that can be optimized independent of hardness? I thought I read in a discussion of the salt knives that the heat treat was meant to maximize the stainless quality of the blades. As a general point - do you know what sorts of procedures/processes of a heat treat impact the ability of a steel to resist corrosion? Or am I way off base with that and corrosion resistance is only impacted by surface finish.
@@just9911 Each steel has a different path to a good heat treat, but I covered MagnaCut in several other videos, just search my channel and you’ll find all the excruciating details you can possibly handle 😂
@@CuttingBoardRxI thought I had watched all of your content on magnacut, which video covers stainlessness? I thought your comparison video where you tested a bunch of knives in magnacut only covered toughness and edge retention.
Heat treat and hardness _can_ affect corrosion resistance, but it's complicated. The reason steels resist corrosion is because of what they're alloyed with, particularly chromium and nitrogen. Of the two, chromium typically does the heaviest lifting, since high amounts of nitrogen can have detrimental qualities (plus it's really hard to get nitrogen into the alloy to begin with, so even if they wanted to go high, it's really freaking hard to do so). So, it should be simple, right? The more chromium and nitrogen you have in the alloy, the more corrosion resistance, right? Not really. You see, chromium and nitrogen only contribute to corrosion resistance if they're _in solution_ , and some of your chromium and nitrogen _won't_ be in solution. This is dependent on a LOT of factors, but to simplify, there's 3 big ones: the amount of carbon in the alloy, the heat treat of the alloy, and what other elements are present. Carbon mixes with a bunch of elements to form carbides, which takes those elements out of solution; chromium carbides are one such carbide. Other common carbides include tungsten carbide, molybdenum carbide, niobium carbide, and vanadium carbide. Carbides are what gives your knife most of its edge retention, so you _want_ carbides, but you only have so much carbon in your steel-with more carbon giving you more carbides-so you have to be careful about how much of each element is in your alloy. For example, look at the steels 440A, 440B, and 440C: the only difference between the 3 steels are the amount of carbon, with everything else staying _identical_ . 440A is softer (i.e., tougher) and more corrosion resistant than 440C because it has less carbides (thus, it isn't as hard/brittle and has more chromium in solution), but 440C has more edge retention than 440A (more carbides, which makes it harder and takes chromium out of solution); 440B falls somewhere in between both of them. On top of this, carbides are formed at various different temperatures, depending on which type of carbide it is, and this means that heat treating a knife to a different HRC (or even just poorly heat treating your knife in general) will cause more carbides to form, even if the chemical composition of the alloy hasn't changed. Using the 440 steels again, 440C can be made to perform basically identical to 440A if it's heat treated poorly, simply because of what carbides form; you obviously don't want this to happen, but it _can_ happen. To throw another wrench into this machine, nitrogen is similar to carbon, except instead of forming carbides, it forms nitrides. Just like with carbides, nitrides provide edge retention and increased hardness, depending on what other elements are available. Also like carbides, nitrides form at various temperatures, depending on which type of nitride it is, making it dependent on heat treatment. Unlike carbon, however, you want nitrogen in solution so that it adds to corrosion resistance, so any nitrides that form removes the nitrogen from solution and lowers corrosion resistance; this is even more stark if chromium nitrides form because now _2 different_ corrosion inhibiting elements have been taken out of solution, and you didn't have a lot of nitrogen to begin with. Thankfully, all of this can be mitigated with careful heat treatment, and this means more than just what HRC you are aiming for. To oversimplify it, you can essentially "overcook" steels, at which point the properties of the alloy will be significantly worse than what its HRC would imply (in all aspects, including corrosion resistance); magnacut at a "proper" 62 HRC and an "overcooked" 62 HRC will perform noticeably different. That said, if the steel is heat treated properly, raising the HRC _will still_ reduce the corrosion resistance, but not dramatically. As such, magnacut knives "properly" heat treated to 60, 62, and 64 HRC respectively would rust at rates _very_ similar to each other; it's possible that you wouldn't even be able to tell a difference, at least in regards to _this_ aspect (you'd be able tell differences in edge retention and toughness _much_ more obviously).
Great video. I enjoy the in depth testing you do. Which leeb tester do you use and recommend? Have you tried nore than one before? I want to start maming my own knives but dont really want to drop thousands of dollars on a fancy hrc tester if the leeb one is pretty close.
I would say that this type of tester is a little finicky but workable. We have a similar tester in the lab at work and it is used on a regular basis. It leaves small indentations on the blade, and the area on the underside of the striking spots, which contacts the block, must be absolutely flat or it won’t read correctly. A typical knife maker doesn’t have the time to mess with a tester like this, so it may be best to use a Rockwell device. Unfortunately, the ones that would give you the same accuracy cost $7,500 or more.
@@49giants3 Atlantic Knife! If you’re listening, please lower the price of RAT 1.5 to $83.95 so that I don’t have to change the title of this awesome video! 😂🤣 Thank you for the info!
The “actual” Rockwell isn’t always accurate. A Rockwell machine with +/- 2 HRC accuracy is $7,500 minimum and a really good one costs $10K All this Chinese equipment for $5K or less is +/-5 HRC.
I tested the early production Bel Air at 59.7 HRC along with other 8 MagnaCut knives. Maybe they made an adjustment and I would accept Rockwell tester results with +/- 2 HRC caveat. I bet they are shooting for 62 at Kershaw.
@@CuttingBoardRxthat tracks, I could absolutely see Kershaw rushing a bit to get their magnacut options out as quick as possible to catch the magnacut hype wave. “Shoot first, ask questions” later sort of thinking.
@@CuttingBoardRxwhat kind of tester are you using and how much are they? I've never seen them before. It's really cool and I like that it has a screen that shows you numbers.
I am starting to wonder if this is actually magnacut because I have used mine for only about 2-3 days. The most acidic thing I have cut is a strawberry but rinsed it off right away and this blade has all kinds of patina already. If this is really magnacut it is certainly not as stainless as everyone claims.
@@wesleycotten9580 Well known fact: MagnaCut below 61.5 HRC HAS CR 9.5, above 61.5 HRC it has CR of 8.5 on, which is akin to M390 or CPM S20V. CR drops off when it is time above 63.5 HRC to the level of 154 CM and 440C. Toughness suffers from higher hardness very similarly to CPM CruWear, almost the same curve.
@@staysharp525 There are couple knives that I would consider as good alternatives: CIVIVI Vision FG Damascus and Vosteed Raccoon. Not to mention Iridium. All have better locks. If it’s MagnaCut you crave, there will be a ton of Chinese knives coming out in 2025 for $90-$135 now that they can buy the steel.
I tested my Rat 1.5 at 61.75 HRC average. I use a diamond penetration tester, as opposed to a brinell tester like CBRx uses, so the test results we are each getting may vary slightly.
@gregs7519 Thanks for sharing this finding! 2 RC points apart isn’t uncommon even within the same batch. I suspect the target was exactly as recommended on the Crucible Data sheet see here bottom left of sheet 2 www.crucible.com/PDFs/DataSheets2010/CPM%20MagnaCut.pdf
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Atlantic Knife @AtlanticKnife sells this for $89.95 (am not affiliated but enjoy the fact it’s $5 less than BHQ and KC) Support small family business!
I’m excited because finally MagnaCut is taking its proper place among powdered steels: a basic universal and inexpensive both in material manufacturing and blade production! Basic doesn’t mean bad, just means non-premium. My opinion. What’s yours??
Sorry about some weird audio “ghosts” in the last few minutes of the video. No idea what happened, but I blame the deep state 🤣
@@CuttingBoardRx yes Atlantic knife was where I saw the knife at. I didn't even see it at other places for a week or so after. I love basic and premium knives. Basic is not bad and those are the ones that get more pocket time for me. I love the simplicity of the RAT knives and I'm very happy to see that magnacut was done right and for a nice price. I have 3 young kids and I'm now a stay at home Dad. Every dollar counts. Even for a 90 dollar knife I'm going to have to save a little. Gotta take care of Christmas first but yes I do plan on getting it through Atlantic when I can.
Thank you for the time and money you put into your videos. Best knife reviews on the internet. My opinion.
Also R.A.T stands for Randall Adventure training, not tracking. I've taken 3 of their courses around 10 years ago. Very good video my friend you really are doing good work and I'm proud to support your channel!
@@Edcreviewer I knew I’ll mess something up editing at 4 AM…
Lol your good! Solid video my friend!
What an in depth video! Thank you
I value your insight and your humor, thank you sir!
I've got a magnacut rat 1.5 on the way! Will be here today.
@@Edcreviewer It’s on me today! Perfect EDC knife any way you look at it!
Couldn't agree more! The rat folders have always been great! I carry a s35vn rat 2 all the time. Lots of performance out of a sub 100 dollar knife! Keep doing what you do my friend this is the best knife channel on RUclips!
I have been excited about this knife. I love my Rat1. Since they never offered a magnacut knife I was not even going to consider it until I saw you put it to the test. I have been waiting on this video.
@@none4now-k9c awesome!
The RAT 1 is one of the most comfortable folders in the hand
Very good info ❤
7:37 I have some recent purchases from Ukraine. A nice utility knife and also a nice numitron watch. Really nice people to deal with and quality work
@@WillEDC I hope that soon they will be able to focus on rebuilding the country.
Packed mine today awesome knife
I have a Randall RAT 1 by Ontario,and 3 OKC (1 Carbon scales, 1 OD, and 1 blaze orange). I also have a RAT II but prefer larger knives. A RAT opens as fast as a spring assist with just the thubstud. great for areas where spring assist is not allowed. They are one of the most comfortable knives with a very practical blade. I hope the 1.5 make it to Canadian stores.
Wasn’t there something on the news about your PM Turdot not allowing folding knives across the border?
@@CuttingBoardRx I don't know about the PM side of it, but there was basically a statement from Customs to that effect. Thing is they have always stolen knives like a Spyderco Endura for me over a decade or more yet the same knife can be purchased in Canada from our knife stores here. So they were taking personal knives, yet allowing companies to import them. Stud, spring assist, back flipper are all legal. Switchblades, gravity knives, balisongs, and knives designed to be flicked open are illegal. Many modern knives can be flicked open because they are quality but are not designed like that as was the intention of the very old law back when flick and gravity knives were used by military parachutists.
This is actualy the best edc knife deal in the market.
Just like when rat1 and rat2 was presented.
I just watched the video. I went directly onto the Atlantic knife site and placed an order. Thx for posting this video with loads of good info..
p.s. I also heard the loud vibration type noise during the tail end of the session.
That noise was the knife parting the space-time continuum and slicing into other dimensions.
THX for the infos. Great video.
@@BTLtrips Thanks for subscribing!
Awesome man. Thank you, as soon as I saw this knife my skeptical snake look took over 😂
@@lerch400block There should be a n Emoji for a skeptical snake look!
You should look into the Bestechman Dundee in “M-Cut”
Would be very interested to see you put them through the paces
Impressive
Wow, surprisingly good hrc on that one! That said ... even at 64 hrc, Magnacut doesn't have CLOSE to the same edge retention as s90v at 61-62 hrc. Per Larrin Thomas' testing, s90v will have about 40% better edge retention ... at least on the CATRA test.
Absolutely. Magnacut at any hardness is not going to make up for S90V's high amount of vanadium carbide. And Cruwear at 64HRC will be about 25% tougher than Magnacut.
Ok
yeah, and it won't be anywhere near as tough as cruwear either.
still, it's hella stainless, which can't be said about cruwear, or s90v to the extent that magnacut has.
Yeah but that's not the point of magnacut. The point is to hit toughness, corrosion resistance, and edge retention. Meaning at high hrc it won't be nearly as chipy as most of the other superspeed high end steels and still be stainless
@@firstlast2514 sure thing, but that wasn't the point here. The point was that cbrx claimed edge retention on par with s90v, which just isn't true, and neither is cruwear toughness.
My Xarilk was defective and had to be returned. I ordered a TSPROF KO3 PRO HUNTER.. Hopefully it will be better.
@@judgetoogood1033 TS Prof KO3 costs $870. It is made out of parts machined in China and assembled/packaged in Russia. And, by the look of it, it does the exact same thing as XARILK Gen 2. Makes no sense to me.
Could you do a video on Bradford knives new magnacut and magnatuff? They have their guardian 3 and 3.2. They claim high hrc and I am just curious to see what your thoughts and discoveries would be on a review
Double thumbs up
Repeating what a lot of people have said, I think my favorite is my Sebenza.
Favorite knife I actually use regularly, my Doug Ritter Hogue.
@@kinguin7 I was just looking at the very early Griptilian with a 440C blade from back when he was still collaborating with BM. I need to get off my ass and get the real one.
@CuttingBoardRx this comment was supposed to go on a different video 😂 wrote it, hit the submit button as RUclips was going to the next (this) one, guess it wound up here even though I'm pretty sure that used to work correctly.
Anyways, are you saying you want to get one of the originals, or the current Hogue produced model?
@kinguin7 Yes
Hi sir, enjoy your videos. On a separate topic, any chance you will do a hardness test of the S35vn of an ADV tatical knife. Recently saw your video on your experience of the pitboss adv questioning where the newer models are made. I picked up a recent Ratel, and so far, it has held an excellent edge with hard use.
Just a heads up - getting a strange audio feedback. Sounds like a vibration almost.
Same, there was definitely some feedback issues going on.
His wife in the adjacent room taking advantage of some of that incredible Ukrainian machinery he mentioned.
@@Edcreviewerglad to have independent confirmation. I flipped to another video - no feedback. Then I switched earbuds with this video on - still got feedback. But I almost always assume the foul up is something on my end.
Not hearing on my end. Are you guys watching on TV? I’m on iPhone.
@@CuttingBoardRxI'm hearing it too on Android, at around 14:00.
Magnacut and s90v are the 2 steels I haven’t tried but I have a Jack wolf fixed blade coming today and it has crucible s90v steel. At this point CB I’ve cut myself with a bunch of knives and I’m starting to think that’s my quality control test! 😂
I think you are going to love magnacut. Magnacut and SPY27 have been my two top steel choices for a fair bit as they do everything well and are both a joy to sharpen.
Oh, I have a question about performance at lower hardness - does the stain resistance of magnacut track with how soft it is or is it something that can be optimized independent of hardness? I thought I read in a discussion of the salt knives that the heat treat was meant to maximize the stainless quality of the blades.
As a general point - do you know what sorts of procedures/processes of a heat treat impact the ability of a steel to resist corrosion? Or am I way off base with that and corrosion resistance is only impacted by surface finish.
@@just9911 Each steel has a different path to a good heat treat, but I covered MagnaCut in several other videos, just search my channel and you’ll find all the excruciating details you can possibly handle 😂
@@CuttingBoardRxI thought I had watched all of your content on magnacut, which video covers stainlessness?
I thought your comparison video where you tested a bunch of knives in magnacut only covered toughness and edge retention.
Heat treat and hardness _can_ affect corrosion resistance, but it's complicated. The reason steels resist corrosion is because of what they're alloyed with, particularly chromium and nitrogen. Of the two, chromium typically does the heaviest lifting, since high amounts of nitrogen can have detrimental qualities (plus it's really hard to get nitrogen into the alloy to begin with, so even if they wanted to go high, it's really freaking hard to do so).
So, it should be simple, right? The more chromium and nitrogen you have in the alloy, the more corrosion resistance, right? Not really. You see, chromium and nitrogen only contribute to corrosion resistance if they're _in solution_ , and some of your chromium and nitrogen _won't_ be in solution. This is dependent on a LOT of factors, but to simplify, there's 3 big ones: the amount of carbon in the alloy, the heat treat of the alloy, and what other elements are present.
Carbon mixes with a bunch of elements to form carbides, which takes those elements out of solution; chromium carbides are one such carbide. Other common carbides include tungsten carbide, molybdenum carbide, niobium carbide, and vanadium carbide. Carbides are what gives your knife most of its edge retention, so you _want_ carbides, but you only have so much carbon in your steel-with more carbon giving you more carbides-so you have to be careful about how much of each element is in your alloy. For example, look at the steels 440A, 440B, and 440C: the only difference between the 3 steels are the amount of carbon, with everything else staying _identical_ . 440A is softer (i.e., tougher) and more corrosion resistant than 440C because it has less carbides (thus, it isn't as hard/brittle and has more chromium in solution), but 440C has more edge retention than 440A (more carbides, which makes it harder and takes chromium out of solution); 440B falls somewhere in between both of them. On top of this, carbides are formed at various different temperatures, depending on which type of carbide it is, and this means that heat treating a knife to a different HRC (or even just poorly heat treating your knife in general) will cause more carbides to form, even if the chemical composition of the alloy hasn't changed. Using the 440 steels again, 440C can be made to perform basically identical to 440A if it's heat treated poorly, simply because of what carbides form; you obviously don't want this to happen, but it _can_ happen.
To throw another wrench into this machine, nitrogen is similar to carbon, except instead of forming carbides, it forms nitrides. Just like with carbides, nitrides provide edge retention and increased hardness, depending on what other elements are available. Also like carbides, nitrides form at various temperatures, depending on which type of nitride it is, making it dependent on heat treatment. Unlike carbon, however, you want nitrogen in solution so that it adds to corrosion resistance, so any nitrides that form removes the nitrogen from solution and lowers corrosion resistance; this is even more stark if chromium nitrides form because now _2 different_ corrosion inhibiting elements have been taken out of solution, and you didn't have a lot of nitrogen to begin with.
Thankfully, all of this can be mitigated with careful heat treatment, and this means more than just what HRC you are aiming for. To oversimplify it, you can essentially "overcook" steels, at which point the properties of the alloy will be significantly worse than what its HRC would imply (in all aspects, including corrosion resistance); magnacut at a "proper" 62 HRC and an "overcooked" 62 HRC will perform noticeably different. That said, if the steel is heat treated properly, raising the HRC _will still_ reduce the corrosion resistance, but not dramatically. As such, magnacut knives "properly" heat treated to 60, 62, and 64 HRC respectively would rust at rates _very_ similar to each other; it's possible that you wouldn't even be able to tell a difference, at least in regards to _this_ aspect (you'd be able tell differences in edge retention and toughness _much_ more obviously).
“Water” & “Salt” Knives Tested in Salt Mist Chamber. MagnaCut vs. LC200N. Spyderco vs. Benchmade.
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Great video. I enjoy the in depth testing you do. Which leeb tester do you use and recommend? Have you tried nore than one before? I want to start maming my own knives but dont really want to drop thousands of dollars on a fancy hrc tester if the leeb one is pretty close.
I would say that this type of tester is a little finicky but workable. We have a similar tester in the lab at work and it is used on a regular basis. It leaves small indentations on the blade, and the area on the underside of the striking spots, which contacts the block, must be absolutely flat or it won’t read correctly.
A typical knife maker doesn’t have the time to mess with a tester like this, so it may be best to use a Rockwell device. Unfortunately, the ones that would give you the same accuracy cost $7,500 or more.
Do you own any guns as a hobby or just knives? It would be cool if you showcase some if you do❤️
Let’s just say I could compete with @ForgottenWeapons for a year without ever leaving the house 😉
Very weird noise coming through towards the end there.
I hope we can get this in Europe soon.
@@blacklisted4885 The noise is not in the original video, RUclips claims it’s something to do with HDR conversion, but I blame the “Deep State”
Also.did some reading. On budget knives,would you recommend Taiwan manufacturers over Chinese,if the option is there…%100 of the time? Thx.
Of all the knives I tested, Taiwanese manufacturers have been more consistent in optimal heat treatment and assembly quality than any other source.
Hey my friend you almost had the title of this video correct. The bestechman Dundee in magnacut is currently $84! On the same website
@@49giants3 Atlantic Knife! If you’re listening, please lower the price of RAT 1.5 to $83.95 so that I don’t have to change the title of this awesome video! 😂🤣
Thank you for the info!
Like & subscribed. I need a good folder & am getting into sharpening. Thanks for the links. Putin is not cool!
What about Bestech swordfish ?
I haven’t tested it. I’m sure it’s bad, but…
Just seen “ApexAlchemy” test a Kershaw Bel Air , 63.5 hrc. With an actual tester. Pretty impressive
The “actual” Rockwell isn’t always accurate. A Rockwell machine with +/- 2 HRC accuracy is $7,500 minimum and a really good one costs $10K
All this Chinese equipment for $5K or less is +/-5 HRC.
I tested the early production Bel Air at 59.7 HRC along with other 8 MagnaCut knives. Maybe they made an adjustment and I would accept Rockwell tester results with +/- 2 HRC caveat. I bet they are shooting for 62 at Kershaw.
@@CuttingBoardRxthat tracks, I could absolutely see Kershaw rushing a bit to get their magnacut options out as quick as possible to catch the magnacut hype wave. “Shoot first, ask questions” later sort of thinking.
@@CuttingBoardRxwhat kind of tester are you using and how much are they? I've never seen them before. It's really cool and I like that it has a screen that shows you numbers.
@ This is called Leeb Tester. It is featured in many of my videos. They cost about $200-600. Here is the one I use:
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I am starting to wonder if this is actually magnacut because I have used mine for only about 2-3 days. The most acidic thing I have cut is a strawberry but rinsed it off right away and this blade has all kinds of patina already. If this is really magnacut it is certainly not as stainless as everyone claims.
@@wesleycotten9580 Well known fact: MagnaCut below 61.5 HRC HAS CR 9.5, above 61.5 HRC it has CR of 8.5 on, which is akin to M390 or CPM S20V. CR drops off when it is time above 63.5 HRC to the level of 154 CM and 440C. Toughness suffers from higher hardness very similarly to CPM CruWear, almost the same curve.
Best knife for the money out right now !! What's do you think sir
I honestly don’t think it’s “The best knife” but it is the best liner lock flipper edc camp hike knife for the money!
@CuttingBoardRx wich knife do you think I'd for the money
@@staysharp525 There are couple knives that I would consider as good alternatives: CIVIVI Vision FG Damascus and Vosteed Raccoon. Not to mention Iridium. All have better locks.
If it’s MagnaCut you crave, there will be a ton of Chinese knives coming out in 2025 for $90-$135 now that they can buy the steel.
It’s a good knife! I like it better than the deka.
@@nandayane It’s simple and strong. Deka is closer to RAT 2
I'm intrigued, but I can't bring myself to buy a knife with a liner lock given modern alternatives.
Thank you for this test. It looks like they nailed it. Hopefully, they will make a small 2.5 version soon.
If they do, I wanna 3V
Please, Jeff at Blue Ridge Knives, if you’re seeing this, could you do this: 4” blade in 3V and not more than $110 MAP?
@@Francosmartcarb1 Sorry, you said smaller… I’m cool with Taiwanese D2 on RAT 2.
What would this very hard Magnacut look like if corrosion tested against a less hard Magnacut in your 1% salt test?
Great question, I should look into it! A Spyderco Salt would be a good comparison because it has a similar blade finish
Wow that sound after the 15:00min mark is awful!
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anyone else get some weird audio near the end of the video?
Theres a horrible resonating ringing that comes in and out of this video (multiple times) when i play it. Am i the only one hearing it?
Do you have ghosts in your house?
Training not tracking brother
Would be impressive if they are hitting that Rockwell on all the rat 1.5's. One example is good but doesn't say anymore than you got a good one.
Of course we all know that. But that one is a better representation of the heat treatment being great. Unlike the benchmade.
I tested my Rat 1.5 at 61.75 HRC average.
I use a diamond penetration tester, as opposed to a brinell tester like CBRx uses, so the test results we are each getting may vary slightly.
@gregs7519 Thanks for sharing this finding! 2 RC points apart isn’t uncommon even within the same batch. I suspect the target was exactly as recommended on the Crucible Data sheet see here bottom left of sheet 2
www.crucible.com/PDFs/DataSheets2010/CPM%20MagnaCut.pdf
Leftist Benchmade price tag.... Naaaah
@@jkn2k 🤨where do leftists sell Benchmades for $90? ‘Cause I’m there, dude!..
Wut?
Man ya gotta stop with the exaggerated hand/arm movements - it's just distracting. You have great content, just be genuine '-)
@@markanderson8677 Maybe too much coffee. Thanks for watching!
Sorry for all the comments but it helps the algorithm anyways lol... Do you have an insta? If so can you please tell me what it is so I can follow???
@@Edcreviewer it’s in the channel description, to be honest I’m not too keen on insta bc they is woke…