Emerson Knives’ Shocking Double Surprise: Hardness Test Yields Unexpected Results! +Sharpening Tips

[@CuttingBoardRx]

Happy Thanksgiving! Many blessings to you and your family! Enjoy this unaffiliated deep dive into Emerson Knives!

[@MrCaissed]

Oh okay so you don’t sharpen other people’s knives okay I understand completely. Shhhh will you sharpen all my knives shhhh

[@MrCaissed]

Hope you had a great thanksgiving my friend!!

[@CuttingBoardRx]

🤣😂 But I may end up keeping them too…

[@CuttingBoardRx]

Same to you!

[@licencepo4616]

@CuttingBoardRx happy thanksgiving. Can we have a test of Benchmade mini narrows? Thanks

[@EDCandLace]

Thank you for the shout out!!! Hugely thankful for it!!! Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving giving my friend and so happy to see your channel growing quickly!! You deserve 100% of the success because you are really doing amazing work in the knife tube arena! You are one of very few KZbinrs that aren't shilling for free knives and link clicks so I'm very thankful for your testing and videos because no one else is doing what you do and doing it on their own coin! Keep doing the excellent videos and I can't wait to see you get that 100k subs plaque!!!

[@infantryman]

And like for great tests

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@infantryman Thanks!

[@tombrown4683]

I really appreciate you telling people the truth about auto knives. That they are slower to deploy than conventional folders. I have been proving this since 1982 by racing people with their switchblades. Reminder, there were no thumb studs, flippers etc back then.

[@davidv7403]

Honestly I have had great luck with 154CM and 14C28N. Don't get me wrong I love Super steels also, but for what I use my knives for it really makes little difference. It is fun to sharpen and learn how new steels perform too. Heads up TSPROF clamps are on huge discount today and they are 100% compatible with that sharpener. Thanks for the informative videos and hope you are having a great holiday.

[@CuttingBoardRx]

Thanks, you too!

[@dongkhamet1351]

Hey look, a knife user!

[@infantryman]

Hey! Like for badass t-shirt!

[@dongkhamet1351]

I am glad to see the greatness of CPM-154 being comprehensively revealed to you, through your excellent methodology.

[@CuttingBoardRx]

Not much is being revealed about the steel here. I now it’s very hard but I do not know if they got there through proper heat treatment. I mean, to get that hardness correctly, one has to tie up the equipment for 4-5 hours. Otherwise, one could just “forget” to temper it…

[@dongkhamet1351]

@CuttingBoardRx I for one would be fascinated to see you put this particular CPM-154 blade through its paces. Pitted against the Magnacut equivalent, so much the better. Edge retention tests, Tree of Doom and whatever else might be revealing. I suppose that you are correct in your hypothesis - yet suppose that even if by accident the facility in question has stumbled upon a superior treatment! I mean, it's either that or Emerson is selling a defective product. Certainly it is out of spec. but that might not yet prove to be a bad thing, practically speaking.

[@loosieclocker]

Outdoor55 is a great guy

[@d.eddlemon]

That was an interesting video, especially about the hardness difference between 154 and Magnacut. Did you strop either of those blades? I wonder what kind of stropping to do to a knife ( e.g., whether to use Tormek paste or diamond emulsifiers). Have you any videos about that?

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@d.eddlemon I don’t have a video on stropping specifically. I am in the camp of people that rely on diamond plates for 98% of sharpening and just a little stropping in the end.

[@harryanderson7282]

A little OT, sorry, but I was wondering if you could possibly recommend for me a manual folder w/ some variant of an Axis lock that you yourself would feel confident/safe carrying as an edc knife? Looking for something w/ a 3.5" - 4" blade under $400 w/ good steel.

[@Carnivorous_edc]

Good video and taste in knives. The Chaves and Emerson are excellent!

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@Carnivorous_edc thank you!

[@licencepo4616]

Happy thanksgiving. Can we have a test of Benchmade mini narrows? Thanks

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@licencepo4616 Not a chance.

[@licencepo4616]

@ ok Thanks for your answer

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@licencepo4616 I have 3 full size Narrows and they definitely have a niche: an ultra light weight full size pocket knife. The mini adds nothing functional to the world that is not already accomplished by a mini Bugout. But everyone is different.

[@MFD00MTR33]

The results feel like they should be the opposite. 60.6 for 154cm and 62 for magnacut. Not the other way around

[@Edcreviewer]

Just because crucible site says said steel optimal range is say 57-60 that doesn't mean that the steel is unstable outside of that range. take s90v for example custom heat treats take it to 64rc and it's beautiful yet crucible protocols will take it no where near that hardness.

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@Edcreviewer I think you’re misreading my meaning by a little bit, but I agree with your main point. So, to be clear, I don’t think that for $259 retail price for this knife, Emerson would deliberately negotiate an excruciatingly painstaking process that would result in 62 HRC on 154CM blade. I think they are being UTTERLY SCREWED by the heat treat shop on both blades!

[@dbmail545]

Never was a fan of the "wave" Seemed a bit hard on your pockets.

[@nmiloslavich]

Have you tried one? Totally curious

[@CuttingBoardRx]

The wave doesn’t affect the pocket but the raging sandpaper-like texture of the scales does.