Cruwear vs K390

[@MacaroniDemon]

Cruwear is such a great steel. It’s just about as easy to sharpen as S30v and hold a fine edge almost twice as long. K390 is also great. It holds a coarse edge forever and paired with the thinner Seki city geometry it just keeps cutting

[@MegaSergey1989]

Have no experience with cru-wear but I can say that I absolutely love my endura in k-390. I absolutely love that it takes a toothy edge, many people I feel like don’t realize the meaning of toothy edge, that’s really what you want for most edc needs like cutting tags off t-shirts etc. and yes it strops back amazingly well! I personally don’t mind the fact that it’s not a stainless steel. Only other knife steel I have that even close to the edge retention is my pm2 in s110v which is a nightmare to deal with and doesn’t hold an edge as k-390

[@jordy703]

My k390 doesnt rust and i live at the ocean. I dont even oil it a lot. Just dry after it gets wet. Thats it. And the patina is just beautifull

[@WhatsthePOINT_EDC]

Cruwear is very underrated. I had a edc fixed blade in Cruwear at 65-66hrc made by Bless Knives that smoked the K390 Strech 2. Sounds crazy but it’s real.

[@morgizmo87]

I know they are looked down upon but i really love spyderco’s lightweight frn scales. I have plenty of wood and g10 scales but for pocket knife use spyderco frn is my preference. Love the scales on your para 3. I got a like new leafjumper in k390 off ebay for $100. It came with a ~$30 lynch clip as well as stock clip. Best knife deal ive ever gotten and it wont leave my pocket. A bit early to say yet but it might pass my caly 3 in zdp-189 as favorite spyderco ever.

[@HeadBassVTEC]

I am getting a K390 delica wharf as my dedicated cardboard cutter no steel is perfect, better to have more knives

[@narkfly]

Hear, hear! Get them both, enjoy both steels!

[@whatfreedom7]

The wharncliffe is hard as hell to find.

[@HeadBassVTEC]

@@whatfreedom7 I got the delica k390 wharn for $135 and dragonfly 2 k390 wharn for $115 which were both great price for Europe no rust issues whatsoever but they only sit at home and cut boxes ;o]

[@johnblackmon4005]

Hey Fletcher, I bought Spyderco manbug K390

[@feralcruz2093]

K390 and cruwear are my favorite steels. Cruwear is on my beater knife, but i also carry a dragonfly in k390 for more precision cutting. I don't think i could pick one as my favorite though

[@clo2715]

This week I have that combo. Manix 2 in creuwear and dragonfly in k390. Perfect combo.

[@zacharysherry2910]

K390 Dragonfly May be the best EDC knife of all time. Someone stole mine off of my table in my own house! I replaced it with a Man Bug but I'm not sure about it yet. Need to carry it for awhile longer.

[@918M]

The blade looks wicked cool

[@Paul_Ironwolf]

Just got the Micarta handle Cruware PM2, used to have it before i lost it, was my favorite knife for a long time, i wonder if now after using some of the other stuff it will still feel the same.

[@stompbox64dtown9]

Under testing, Seki City K390 outperforms Golden K390.

[@goodnessgraciousitellya5004]

The difference is drastic. K390 from Seki City is the best blade steel on earth imo

[@whatfreedom7]

Sounds like cruwear might be better for me. I have an issue chipping on my VG-10. Either are better than VG-10. Cru being easier to sharpen since I’m no expert.

[@SalvoEDC]

CruWear is a lot more resistant to corrosion compared to D2. Still not stainless, but better.

[@allthingsknives]

I tend to use D2 as the benchmark as Crucible created Cruwear as a replacement for D2 and it’s one of the few Semi-Stainless steels that a lot of people have heard of. I will say it depends on the quality of the D2 I have a blade that my dad made in D2 no rust after 3 years while some of my cruwear blades are getting spots and some of my cruwear blades are spotless while some of my D2 is spotted. I would give an edge to cruwear though and that is most likely due to the CPM process.

[@SalvoEDC]

Oh yes, most definitely! CPM process gives you better structure and improves the steel in every way. And yes, D2 is also very inconsistent. I have the same observations! @@allthingsknives

[@zacharysherry2910]

​@@allthingsknives cruwear is better in almost every way. Definitely a worthy replacement since it has almost no downside comparatively

[@zacharysherry2910]

Did you wipe off the coating of your knife just by using a stone? I'm probably going to do that to my pd1 Man Bug

[@timtim4525]

K390 is by far, to ME; a better super steel… yes, I said; by FAR!

[@chrishynes6091]

That Para 3 is nice! Just got a Manix2 in Cruwear.

[@dan_taninecz_geopol]

Cruwear is near stainless so that's why it wins in my book. Living in the south I've seen D2 rust on shelves in outdoors stores.

[@goodnessgraciousitellya5004]

If all K390 was heat treated in seki city and was available on more knives, I’d choose it hands down. I like it better, but it’s gotta be from seki city.

[@southside1975]

Good job giving your opinion

[@whatfreedom7]

But what about 10v and 20cv available now?

[@GF-cb8rr]

Was the blade on that Para 3 thinned and resurfaced?

[@allthingsknives]

@@GF-cb8rr reground by BGM Knives

[@DuhYaThink]

Refer too Dr.Fletch 🤔 I’ll read Dr. Larrin’s information on steel😊👍🏻

[@rustytygart405]

Had to zoom in to see if you were talking about cruwear or cpm cruwear these are definitely two very different steels

[@DuhYaThink]

DLT still has the purple cruwear all black hardware for $180 ish. Seki city is the was too go. Ok?

[@DuhYaThink]

I’d say k390 is ran harder. Imo. Ok?

[@geraldkoth654]

I don't know about K 390 but CruWear is so bad for me I don't carry that Native 5 (my favorite knife) at all. Rex 45 and S110V are really good.

[@DuhYaThink]

I’d say k390 is tougher 🤷‍♂️both are great steels. Ok?

[@SunGodLuffy_5]

Cruwear is way tougher wdym

[@DuhYaThink]

@@SunGodLuffy_5 You are correct, my mistake 😅 I don’t know what I was thinking about when I texted that 🤔 guess my KZbin handle applies to me 😄

[@SunGodLuffy_5]

@@DuhYaThink you're good. Maybe you mixed up edge retention and toughness

[@DuhYaThink]

@@SunGodLuffy_5 Think you are right. I have Dr.Larrin’s info screen shot and must have mixed it up. 👍🏻Merry Christmas bud, and a happy and healthy New Year to you and yours.

[@SunGodLuffy_5]

@@DuhYaThink Thank you. Merry Christmas to you as well 😁