I’ve Discovered Something Strange. This Video WILL Be Controversial | Knife Edge Retention Testing

S30v vs 8cr13mov vs 1080 edge retention testing.

So this is strange, s30v should WAY out perform 8cr13mov in edge retention. There is no funny business and I don’t have an agenda. I just don’t see that much difference between these 3 steels.
I assure you there is nothing wrong with my spyderco sage 1. Ive tested it against other knives in other steels and it everything is very close. If your paying 3-4 times as much for a particular steel, especially one that is hyped to be SO much better shouldn’t you see that during testing? Maybe I didn’t cut enough? But heres the thing, By the time I was done testing neither knife was sharp and needed to be resharpened. The sage 1 (s30v) was, by most standards dull. So, both knives were dull….shouldnt there be a significant difference?
I honestly don’t know how anyone could tell a difference between these knives. Now, I have seen terrible edge retention with other knives in 8cr13mov. Practically dulling after the first cut. But it seems with proper heat treating these so called “cheap steels” can hold their own.
Knife manufactures can leave their steel as hard or as soft as they see fit. If they are manufacturing a knife with a very low price point, it might be in their best interest to leave that particular steel softer, in case it was to be used as a pry bar (a softer tempered steel is stronger and less prone to shattering if broken). This is just a though. Expensive knives are less likely to be used as prying tools and maybe they leave that steel slightly harder in that application. Again, just a though.
Just to be clear, this test was done over the course of 3 days. And I cut a lot more cardboard, carpet, and rope, then what was shown. Realize I have to edit this video down into about 10 minutes. Maybe next test will be a full un-cut test thats last 5 hours. 😩😉

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