by Apex Steel Works | Feb 11, 2024 | Knife Steels, Knife Usage and Applications, Knives
To begin analyzing S30V vs S35VN for hunting knife and chef’s knife applications, both S35VN and S30V steels are modern, high-performance steels developed by Crucible Steel utilizing their Crucible Particle Metallurgy (CPM) process. S30V was introduced in 2001...
by Apex Steel Works | Jan 17, 2024 | Knife Steels, Knife Usage and Applications, Knives
S30V Hunting Knives Hunting Knives An S30V hunting knife is the nearly ideal choice of blade steel for several reasons. It is moderately easy to sharpen while having excellent edge retention out performing all lower alloy steels such as 420, 420HC, and 425 used by...
by Apex Steel Works | Jan 15, 2024 | Knife Steels, Knives
S30V Blade Steel CPM (Crucible Particle Metallurgy ) S30V, released in 2001 by Crucible Steel, is one of the main steels Apex Steel Works utilizes for it’s knives. It’s tough, especially considering it’s stainless, has an excellent fine edge potential with noticeable...
by Apex Steel Works | Jan 2, 2024 | Knife Steels, Knives
Knife Steel Basics The performance of a knife depends on many factors. Some are subjective, dependent on the feel of the knife, the individual users techniques and often skill. Others are harder data-based objective measurements. One of those is the hardness and...