S90V Manix 2 beat down, how tough is it and what will it take? Did it explode, break or do great?

S90V Manix 2 light weight beat down. Some wood chopping, carving, apex twisting, lateral force, copper, brass and aluminum carving. Did it chip, roll, explode, break, shatter or do just fine? I've seen quite a few mid size fixed blades lately in S90V advertised as outdoors blades. I wanted to see if it was hype or would it do fine. If you would like to see more videos like this let me know, I'm thinking D2 next.
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[@trentsapp731]

People in Minnesota are laughing at FL man in gloves and sleeves at 40 degrees. We laugh when they spend a summer down here.. Great stuff, always look forward to a new vid.

[@trentsapp731]

@DOPENOLA 1 the melting pot turned into a chamber pot!

[@kevinAuman1]

NOW THIS IS THE KIND OF TESTING VIDEOS I CAN GET BEHIND!!! Love it brother, please do more of these

[@Outpost_76]

I'll definitely be doing more like this.

[@BartenderOfDeath]

Everyone makes s90v out to be brittle,and rust easy and hard to sharpen.Its my favorite steel,never had a single problem with it,I have 3 benchmades in s90v and carbon fiber.Good video,shows how tough they are

[@orendz7740]

My understand if s90v was it held an edge forever but it was lacking in the toughness dept. Thanks for clearing that up for me

[@Outpost_76]

S90V is tougher than its given credit

[@alexanderbertallo1995]

This testing video is some of your best work IMHO... most knife steel tests nowadays focus only on edge retention. Your video also show toughness and edge stabiliy as far as the small blade allows it. I highly appreciate! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work. Much love from Switzerland

[@Outpost_76]

You're welcome and thank you. I will be doing more of these,D2 and Rex 45 will be coming in the next couple weeks.

[@kraftzion]

It would be interesting to see how something like 14c28n held up to these tests. Supposedly way tougher but way less wear resistance. I'll have to check out your video were you fixed the edge. My experience with s90v is that it doesn't like to straighten back out without chipping if it rolls.

[@jeremynedrow7003]

That's some tough stuff.Your test are by far the best ive seen on youtube.

[@tts3874]

Always enjoy these tests, like the rest. Keep up the great work bud.

[@Outpost_76]

Thank you

[@themahones]

This video helped a lot! thanks man

[@BenoJ3000]

I have used s110v never s90v but I've had a good experience with it. The edge had gotten some microchips in it. I can't fault the steel or the knife which is a pm2. That was from lateral movement on my part through heavy wood medium. I've enjoyed s110v. At least my Spyderco has had no major issues in the 4 years I've owned it

[@Outpost_76]

S90V fairs much better than S110V against wood with lateral stress.

[@profesorEDC]

Great vid as always G👍😊

[@Outpost_76]

Thank you

[@PoetFisherman]

Heck of a test

[@chriswolf7169]

🤗🤗you got me wanting spydercos s90v within the first 7 mns 😂nice blade that I underestimated for sure👍 tnxs for the content brother aawwsomme 🤟🤘have a great weekend 👍

[@Outpost_76]

Thank you, you as well.

[@chriswolf7169]

@@Outpost_76 🤟🤘😁👍🙏

[@littlewoody5539]

I would take that knife deer hunting for sure . Good video 👍

[@sneakhyperion9297]

S90v is definitely on my list now. Never knew spyderco got it to 62 hrc

[@Outpost_76]

It's not all going to be 62 hrc, I have others and 2 were also teated at 61 hrc. The nice thing about S90V from Spyderco is even the mid 59 hrc stuff will cut over 400 feet in a 1 inch section.

[@rwstubbz]

Spyderco does such a great job with their steel heat treats and grinds. I just bought their PM2 with a tanto blade. Excited to receive it. If it's not right, they throw it out. It's great to know you get a good product with them. I have only had 1 problem where they didn't make a warranty issue right.

[@rwstubbz]

Now show us if it strops back out on some time sharpmaker stones. Can't wait for that vid.

[@Outpost_76]

I did try and do just that. I don't k ow what happened, I shot the video made sure it was good. When I went to upload it last night it's gone. I may try and retest just to get the edfe back in the condition it was and shoot the video over.

[@rwstubbz]

@@Outpost_76 that would be great. I love watching your videos while sharpening and stropping my own knives. I'm working towards that 10,000 hour mark to be a "master" sharpener.

[@william1973ist]

My favorite "premium"...thanks for the info sir!

[@Outpost_76]

You're welcome

[@kevinAuman1]

Wait a minute, I am loving how the blades spine seems to be rounded slightly near the jimping and I had to check my rex manny and it is square as a brick 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Outpost_76]

BJ did some sanding on this one prior to me getting it, that's why it looks like that.

[@Bob-od5ut]

nice video, really enjoy your content. Could you maybe test rex45 in a similar way or did you already test it?

[@Outpost_76]

I have not and I can test Rex45 this way.

[@Bob-od5ut]

@@Outpost_76 would love to see it

[@sferrell1987]

Same here!

[@muratmustafa4532]

With this thick grind, I would throw it to the bin if it get chipped after some shaving :)) That being said, the test gets interesting after 14th minute. As expected it did not hold up very well. But those were quite tough tests for the S90V. Although, it could have survived the alluminium one as the alluminium is not a very hard material, but I think it was the lateral strees which rolled the edge. I was expecting a chip rather than a roll though, considering it is 62HRC? Try LC200N and you will surprised. It is though as nails! My Waterway does survive frozen bone carving with no chip or roll, and it has much thinner grind (10 thousand) than the Sypderco folders! I also sharpen it to 14 degrees per side.

[@Outpost_76]

As I get other steels I'll will test them. I do not own any LC200N right now to be able to do anything likw this.

[@leotam3372]

So I shouldn't worry about running the edge into a staple, got it

[@mustang2010SC]

Mine was used to fliet some fish and had a big chip out of the belly

[@mikelikesknives428]

My Benchmade S90V also tested at 62. We may have to battle.

[@Outpost_76]

Face to face S90V battle

[@ncgearguy05]

I have seen your other S90V video that took quite a few sharpenings before the steel got to the performance you seemed to expect. Would you think you would see better performance from a different knife in S90V possibly processed better. Or do you think this tester was sharpened enough to get a good gauge of this steels performance?

[@tacticalcenter8658]

Id say it's a fair assessment of what to expect from spyderco's s90v @ 62hrc after sharpening away probably most of the fatigued factory grind. Especially considering factory grinds can be a bit chippy from my experience. It goes away after a few sharpenings. I don't think the majority of spyderco s90v is anywhere close to 62hrc though, so this is probably a rare case here.

[@Outpost_76]

This has had a couple dozen edges at least before this test. This Manix has been heavily used and sharpened. Most production steels are going to take 3 + sharpenings before you get repeated performance.

[@Outpost_76]

@@tacticalcenter8658 I have 2 other Spyderco S90V at 61 hrc. At some point I'll check the hardness on the other 4 Spyderco S90V I have.

[@tacticalcenter8658]

@@Outpost_76 nice. It's rather rare to see s90v above 59-60hrc in most knives. I can only hope more will be in the 61+ range.

[@car350zmm]

Watching this was so painfull I almost cried :P

[@car350zmm]

@@Texaslonghorn_ I usually don't try to do some feathers on a piece of aluminum or copper, that was the painful part

[@Outpost_76]

This is just a test knife for this kind of video. I'll be doing some more with this one as well as some Rex45 and D2. Testing like this is fun to see what a steel can take.

[@ncgearguy05]

Is that your standard angle for that edge? Ideally would you have put a different angle on this edge for this type of use?

[@Outpost_76]

This is set as tested being 15 dps. I run that on most of my folders so I kept it the same for this as well.

[@holdernewtshesrearin5471]

Do you have cardboard footage cut test data for the manix-2 S90V? I like to compare steels of the same model knife to judge its performance more so than from manufacturer to manufacturer. I have your manix-2 data in 20CV , M390 , M4 and Spy-27 (which you equate to S30V) but I'd like to have data for S10V, S90V and S45VN. Can you direct me to that info please? Thank you bro, for all your hard work.

[@Outpost_76]

I'm not sure how far back it was but I did do a few S90V together and 2 were Manix 2. I'll have to look to be sure what video it was.

[@holdernewtshesrearin5471]

@@Outpost_76 - Roger that. Do you have data compiled and listed in graph form or anything?

[@damensutherland7081]

I had s30 v and i was splitting lighter wood and it snapped int two

[@Outpost_76]

More than likely it was that particular blade that had an issue. What model was it you were working with?

[@theknifeconnection9571]

Laughs as he tries to test sharpness through gloves

[@theknifeconnection9571]

I know how it is man you dont even think about it. And I know you can feel a little bit

[@dombond6515]

Micro bevel fixes all that.

[@Outpost_76]

I have a huge dislike for micro bevels but I may run the same tests with one to show what happens.

[@dombond6515]

@@Outpost_76 yes 👍 🙌 😍 👏