CPM M4 It's not hard... to understand.

Today, T.C. talks about M4 blade steel, where it comes from, its origins and what makes it such a great blade steel.
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[@hityoutwo]

Thank you for explaining what a high speed steel is!

[@SMKWcom]

TC is teaching all of us more about the differences of the different metals and having a blast doing it! Some of us a just afraid he will start passing out homework🤣

[@dylanwages8717]

This video made me want cpm-m4 blade soo today i the smkw exclusive pm2 in m4 with jungle fat carbon scales can’t wait till it arrives.

[@SMKWcom]

www.smkw.com/spyderco-para-2-jungle-wear-fat-carbon-satin-m4-smkw-exclusive-compression-lock

[@karabinas]

Launch 16 says hello!

[@manifestgtr]

M4, Cruwear and K390 are my favorites in the realm of vanadium rich tool steels…aside from having good edge stability, they all have this ability to take a ridiculously aggressive edge. The crazy stainless steels are great, too but there’s something about the edge a good tool steel takes…it’s that little extra push over the cliff…

[@doejon9424]

K390 is my favorite. My first K390 was a Spyderco Urban Lightweight Pen Knife & it's never let me down. Stays sharp forever or so it seems.

[@holdernewtshesrearin5471]

I concur. Love M4! And 3V.

[@sprinkleddonuts6094]

Just bought M4 YoJumbo 🤓

[@manifestgtr]

@@sprinkleddonuts6094 Niiice, my favorite m4 spyderco is the shaman. The micarta on mine is really, reaallly nice

[@sprinkleddonuts6094]

@@manifestgtr yep Shaman is also my fav Have TKJ Exclusive and regular S30V

[@jamesstraub4981]

Great job TC. My favorite blade steel. Thanks

[@SMKWcom]

Thanks James!

[@cvptvinwavy69]

dude very informational thank you

[@SMKWcom]

Thank you for watching!

[@chrisreuther4546]

I absolutely love the in depth info on steels and all other knife items!

[@SMKWcom]

Thank you Chris!

[@mikecurtis2585]

Great information nice to keep learning. Thanks 😀!!

[@SMKWcom]

Thanks Mike! T.C. is having a blast making these👍

[@sunnycat69]

I'm in fl and in the watah alot is m4 goid choice or should I look at s30v ?

[@SMKWcom]

We would suggest S30V over M4 if you are in the water a lot or H1 would be even better.

[@chandlerking88]

Great video once again! I’d like to understand what all the buzz is about CPM Cru-Wear is next.

[@SMKWcom]

Great suggestion! we will; let T.C. know👍

[@tombrown8800]

T.C. you're great at these videos ! I gotta get one of those ballcaps. I'm ready for the homework !

[@SMKWcom]

It's one of our favorite hats! www.smkw.com/smkw-logo-cap-black-gray

[@mikecurry6847]

M4 is probably my favorite steel for knives. I don't care that it's not stainless. It's just the best steel I've found for a very hard use pocket knife that actually holds an edge. Some of the cheaper steels are tougher but they don't hold an edge

[@jameskarl424]

This video needs more views and likes

[@SMKWcom]

Thank you and we agree 😂

[@kevinAuman1]

CL-iiiick bait, we want to see this gigantic knife you are holding in the thumbnail brother!

[@justinbrown4855]

@smkw do you make flex fit style hats and if you don't then make them😳

[@SMKWcom]

Thanks for the suggestion and we will pass it along👍

[@jeremiahbuck2450]

1:11 if you want to skip the intro

[@chloehennessey6813]

I have your exclusive Arctic Storm PM2 in M4. I haven’t had to sharpen it yet. But I’m not doing any heavy cutting. Some rope here and there. Zip ties, packages, tape etc.

[@SMKWcom]

That Fat Carbon looks so good in the sun

[@charlesserc7753]

What is that t-shirt man?? I'm a huge WU-TANG fan. And have alot of costom shirts.

[@charlesserc7753]

I see it now man. Full TANG clan. Smkw. I would love to get one. Do you guys have them on the website? Grate work to man.

[@SMKWcom]

It's a really cool shirt! You can find it at www.smkw.com/smkw-full-tang-clan-black-shirt

[@charlesserc7753]

@@SMKWcom ya its awesome man. I'm going to pick one up this week. Thanks again.

[@area51.52]

I’m in search of my first PM2… this may be a silly question to ask you, but do you think it’s worth it to wait till the 24th and try get an Artic Storm? Or should I start with a less premium version for my first? Or get both 😂

[@SMKWcom]

When asking anyone if you should wait for a knife we are NOT the ones that are going to tell you to wait. Spyderco makes a great product and the PM2 is one of the best designs and that is why there are so many versions of it. We haven't been able to get TC to put down the Artic Storm since it has been in office...It is up to you but be sure to show it off when you get it!

[@donfierro777]

Pm2 fully serrated you can't go wrong at all!! I can tell you from my personal experience that any Spyderco willl be special to you. My first was the tenacious, incredible knife!!

[@EDCandLace]

I bought two Artic storms in the first DLC run and my wife and I bought one each in the second satin finished run. I love M4, I love the fat carbon (I have it on a bunch of my knives, been getting fat carbon from Sharp dressed knives since they started doing it a good while back) and I love love love the PM2 (I wish they would release a Manix 2 Artic storm I would buy 2 100%)... Normally I pay about 150 bucks for the fat carbon scales from SDK's so getting a M4 PM2 with Fat carbon for 199 bucks was a unreal deal, about like paying 50 bucks for the M4 PM2.

[@Hungrybird474]

I haven’t had any problems with tool steels rusting or anything . Wipe em down when ur done, put it away 👍. I was hammered burnt to a crisp last night when the pm2 m4 dropped . It s making my day today that I heard about it

[@SMKWcom]

Thanks for watching!

[@ttattx]

Muhlibdinum... hahahah I had for nearly 20 years of my life pronounce it - Molly-denim

[@SMKWcom]

Greg murders the English language all the time, as long as people know what you are talking about is what matters the most

[@butchie2752]

Informative. Thanks

[@mikehook2835]

Thanks so very much

[@SMKWcom]

👍

[@BigRedEDC]

Great info!! Thanks T.C.!!

[@SMKWcom]

Thanks Red! T.C. always enjoys doing these videos and we always fear he might start handing out homework...

[@edrader]

pre-mullet

[@matthenry8236]

Is M4 a better steel than S30V for a serrated blade? I’m looking to make a custom Benchmade knife and wanted to know if it’s worth upgrading to M4. Thanks

[@SMKWcom]

Both steels really work well for serrated blades and are fairly comparable, the M4 will be a bit harder and might hold an edge slightly longer, the only big difference is that S30V is stainless while M4 is not, so it really comes down to whether or not you want a stainless blade...

[@StuninRub]

Unless you cut a lot of rope, pass on the serrated edge.

[@christopherlumsden2187]

Cool videos. Please could you do N690Co?

[@jeroenvoss6231]

Loved the video TC you did a well job. Learned something and was fun and entertaining, you guys keep improving your video's every time! Left with only one question; how to sharpen M4? Thanks again.

[@kimberley-annem.olejkowski2811]

Awesome video ! I once upon a lifetime ago was a certified machinist & journey*man* tool & die maker... I wanted to give props ! You nailed this fast, easy to understand & made the necessary jargon super easy to understand & personally for me, I remember something...lol. Well done ! Thank-you & God-Bless

[@TCB2Country122]

@@kimberley-annem.olejkowski2811 thank you! We are trying to inform people what goes into the process and why these steels are considered “premium”. If you liked this, stay tuned, we just got back from a trip to Crucible and will have videos coming out about the CPM process

[@TCB2Country122]

It just takes patience lol lots of patience

[@tombrown8800]

@@TCB2Country122 that's what I was about to write ! Don't give up, keep the angle consistent.

[@donfierro777]

Thank you for this information we really appreciate it!! :] That shirt is soooooooooooooooooooo tighttttt im going to buy one fsure!!

[@SMKWcom]

Thanks for watching and here is the link for the shirt👍 www.smkw.com/smkw-full-tang-clan-black-shirt

[@floridamanknives]

I love my SMKW Bugout M4!

[@SMKWcom]

We really liked them as well!

[@KevinMartin314]

Bro makes the worst most ham fisted puns. Love it.

[@SMKWcom]

Thanks for watching! TC loves dad jokes and bad puns and uses them all the time

[@knife-a-holic7975]

0:16 ahhhh

[@ashmerch2558]

Loved the M4 bugout.. really loved the flytainium Titanium scales, titainium back spacer, blue Ti screws and thumb stud... however assembling it was a pain in the @$$.. especially the pivot. Extremely difficult... Bottom line : this is truly the ultimate "user" Benchmade Bugout.... the Ti scales were a taste thing, but the SMKW Exclusive Bugout was flawless

[@SMKWcom]

Thank you, Ash!

[@urielmartinez2161]

I did the same with my regular one. I’m just split between M4, S90V, or M390

[@bkc_edc]

Never touched a knife screw before and swapped scales and hardware on my mini bugout in under 10 minutes. It’s not hard at all. Just have to stack everything on the pivot before putting on the opposite scale instead of trying to squeeze it all in.

[@charliebaker1427]

Eh axis locks are a pain but not that difficult just finicky

[@lonetrader1]

​@urielmartinez2161 I was having that issue but I think corrosion resistance not being that big of an issue for me, but wanting bonkers toughness I'm waiting for the bugout to get back in m4(I really only need the bronze finished m4 to do my build)

[@kjpierson1152]

HULKS TEMPER SMASH PUNY STEEL....HULK IS STRONGEST ONE OF ALL.

[@phillipnunya6793]

That didn't really tell me much.

[@SMKWcom]

Stay tuned, we just returned from filming at Crucible so that we can bring a little more in depth look at it, but these are proprietary processes and patented products, there are secrets that no one can know.

[@phillipnunya6793]

@@SMKWcom Fair enough. I suggest at least comparing the basic attributes of the steel to other types. How corrosion resistant, tough, ect.

[@fightingwrestler]

@@phillipnunya6793 chill, bro. The target audience of this video isn’t lifelong knife experts that geek out on steel comparisons. It’s an introduction to M4, with limited time… not a university lecture on metallurgy.

[@phillipnunya6793]

@@fightingwrestler It doesn't take a super in depth video to cover simple, basic properties of the material the video is about.

[@edsaban572]

You reading off the teleprompter?

[@SMKWcom]

Sometimes a script, sometimes a teleprompter, and sometimes just off the top of his head