Northern Knives Hot Take : Crucible S45VN

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In this RoundTable we sit down with the gang and go over a couple of S45Vn bladed knives we have had come in and first hand experience with them. This is purely our hot take and initial impressions on the steel thus far as well as how several different makers real RockWell of their blades stacks up.
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[@zac_in_ak]

would love to see you guys do this on the s35 as discussed

[@FearNoSteel]

Let's get a video of your Rockwell testing, sounds like your trending low on your testing and with lots of spread in the test average.

[@Northernknives]

Sure. Dakota will add it to the docket for a video in the future

[@zackaryschmidt5161]

Bark River knives Just Released a Fixed Blade called North Country EDC 2 in S45Vn. Knives Ship Free still has quite a few in stock if your interested.

[@Northernknives]

We are going to have to snag a few direct then

[@glashausAimz2]

i had the same experience (chippy steel) with s30 to s45, but a lot of people said it could be burned factory edges.

[@Northernknives]

Interesting

[@tacticalcenter8658]

Its almost 100% burnt factory edges. Hand sharpen away. After the 3rd to 6th Sharpening you will get to good steel.

[@edwardhance3894]

I agree with the suburban wolverine. Why would a company not test the blade first?

[@Northernknives]

Thank you!

[@David_DY]

57 from CRK on S45vn I'd be pissed! Seeing how 60 Is supposed to be the sweetspot.. 59/61 is what crucible says 👊

[@Northernknives]

We wonder if it chips at higher Rockwell like Elmax does...

[@David_DY]

@@Northernknives I don't think they got it dailed in yet 57 is to soft... If I'm not mistaken l believe they run s35 59/60 it just seems to defeat the purpose at 57 as far as Elmax that was a ZT thing Custom makers run Elmax at 60 a good bit with no chipping issues... Anyways curious to see how other Oems run there S45 in the future I'm sure custom makers will be running it at 60 and time will tell if it's chippy 👍👊

[@Sharpbevel]

Remember it’s just a study of 1 knife.

[@David_DY]

@@Sharpbevel That is True! 👊

[@HollywoodTacticool]

what about cold steel s35vn?

[@Northernknives]

We dont talk about S35V

[@johncaranta3664]

Buck has a new flipper in S45vn

[@Northernknives]

Oh? Dakota may want to snag it

[@havoso]

57 for crk is bullshit , if I’m dropping 450 bucks , I expect better

[@Northernknives]

We think there may be a chipping issue like Elmax does at higher rockwell

[@jeffhicks8428]

even if the knife was didn't have that issue, it's worth maybe half that as a reasonable retail price. that stuff is like the male version of a marked up designer handbag for chicks, except the handbag is actually useful and whatnot.

[@sgsheff]

S45vn is essentially just crucibles version of xhp. It's almost identical in performance

[@Northernknives]

Where have you seen the testing / stats on that? Would love to take a look

[@sgsheff]

@@Northernknives knife steel nerds put out some good data on it. His graphs are pretty clear

[@sgsheff]

@@Northernknives just kidding. I was thinking about spy27 not s45. My bad.

[@Montblanc1986]

CRK claims 60-62

[@RadDadisRad]

Sounds like an overhyped overpriced 440C to me. That’s depressing.

[@edwardhance3894]

Get out of the way s45vn, here comes magnacut

[@Northernknives]

Perhaps