This edge is NOT weak. Cold Steel Master Hunter in 3V

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[@dlrmon1]

The Master Hunter was my first 3V knife and largely responsible for making 3V my favorite fixed blade steel...

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

It’s an amazing knife.

[@MrBowser2012]

I just love the keyboard warriors. No topic is beyond the vast reach of their brilliant minds.

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

😂 well said

[@michielvanbekkum896]

Thanks for the vid. Larrin Thomas says factory edges are for the masses, you should thin it down to where it works for you. If the edge is too thin; regrind it to a higher angle and use it.

[@Man_Cave]

I started buying CS knives in the 1980's and the Master Hunter was one of the most useful of all their models for me. Fortunately, I bought two of them when they were still making them in Carbon V steel.

[@jaimeleondelaparra3877]

Ooof... That tip to the concrete hurt to watch! I've been checking out your videos on this newer CS Master Hunter in 3V. I appreciate you doing all these vids since it helped me with my purchasing decision. I got a great deal on one off of eBay due to a damaged box. It was under $70 before shipping! I 100% will reprofile the edge on my diamond plates to create my own convex grind, as you did. Thank you for the great content!

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Good stuff!

[@rt66rc86]

I failed to mention in my previous comment that I purchased the CS Master Hunter 3V, largely based on your videos! I'm a life long big game hunter and always looking for a "better" edge holding knife, even though what I have now will get the job of handling deer and black bear just fine.. These newer powdered steels have caught my attention and I look forward to giving them a try! I usually don't buy an elk tag because I hunt alone and everything I do is based on big white tails or big black bear, which is plenty enough for one man to part out then pack out. But, my adult son who is also a hunter, wants me to start buying an elk tag and will come and help me if he's not actually able to come camping with me like he did when he was younger. If I get an elk down, it will be interesting to see how far into an elk this knife will get before it needs to be touched up! I'm going to be 69 this year and enjoy your no non-sense videos! Keep em coming and the entertainment we get from the "keyboard experts" is always worth a good laugh! :)

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Thank you 🙏. I appreciate it

[@BricksAndSparrows]

“Keyboard warriors are scientists on top of being surgeons…” You forgot special forces. Arguably their primary skill.

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

😂 correct. The baddest call of duty soldiers in history

[@rt66rc86]

I just picked up a CS Bush Ranger folder in CPM35VN and in testing the blade on gas station receipts, it pushes through them like butter, its very sharp and I'm sure it will perform in the field! That sharpening job you put on that Master Hunter kind of makes you a "Master Sharpener"! It won't shut up the stupid, but it will impress those who "know"! :)

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

lol. Very true.

[@geemeff]

Awesome videos bud. That edge is sick!!! The haters are just jealous!!

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Thank you

[@theotherguy3083]

There is nothing wrong with your Edge. As long as you happy everything is ok

[@singingtoad]

I'd say it performed pretty good for a so-called "weak edge". 👍The results speak for themselves, don't let the haters drag you down. Thanks for sharing, take care and Cheers!

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

They didn’t get to me this time. I ended this one lol.

[@rustyknifelover4463]

Fantastic knife, love 3V

[@thehobbyfanatic4610]

Loved the video man! You clearly know a ton more about knives than the average dude. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Lol. I know enough to get in trouble. Thank you. Happy thanksgiving

[@hillbilly4christ638]

You could dress a moose with that without having to freshen up in between. 3v is my favorite knife steel beside 1095.

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Same here

[@gizmocarr3093]

If you bought the knife as a collection example, you just made it used nothing more. Adding a Convex cutting edge, you could say definitely is an edge that is stronger than other grind types. Knife makers don’t care what you do with it after you buy it. To me; you are the one that is important with how you like the cutting edge and no one else. 👍

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Thank you. I agree.

[@LXT43]

Some knife makers do care what you do with their knife. Let's just say that if you alter the edge from V to convex like he did and if the edge suffered huge break outs because of bad heat treatment then Cold Steel could refuse to warranty it. Now, you could say that this is 3v steel therefore huge chips in the edge are not possible but I've seen it many times with other steels like 1080 from Ka-bar, etc.

[@czed7515]

As a viewer that watches your sborts and alot of your videos. You do an awesome job. Ive been hooked on my bravo 1 lt in cruwear here recently that reminds me alot of this master hunter and would say its an awesome all arkund knife. You do an awesome job reviewing knife and almost have me about to buy that little esse izula clone you have. But anyways keep up the good work. And in my opinion every thing even flat grinds work better as a convex. **** drunk hillbilly from Appalachia so I'm not even gonna fix the rest of my typos

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Lol. Awesome. Thank you. You’re definitely in my personal hero group lol.

[@TheRealSwampOperator2]

For the weak edge keyboard warriors. I have two words. Convex edge

[@BlueWingedRino]

I routinely go under 10 degrees on my knives. If the steel is good it can handle it.

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

that edge looks awesome

[@michaelwaldeck7081]

I probably round my grind off like that through poor sharpening, even though they get razor sharp. Nice to know that the performance isn’t really compromised.

[@Isbart7810-vn6me]

I need a sheath like that for my Recon Tanto and my Kobun

[@samthai818]

The dented tip is like a love blister! 🤣 I took a file to the spine of my 3V Master Hunter. It looks like schit, but I can now scrape fatwood and cedar bark effortlessly! I don't understand why my San Mai VG1 has a sharper spine from the factory? My knives are for use and performance, not eye candy!

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Lol. I had to leave the fail in

[@supersymun]

Won’t someone save the TP?!? :P

[@WhatsthePOINT_EDC]

Haha! That’s right! You put a wicked edge on it. A tough ass edge due to the slight convex and thick geometry. There’s so many idiots out there claiming to know everything about anything. 👊🤣🤡

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Lol. Right

[@RandysWSG]

Great video! It reminds of me of people giving me basic medical/health advice..... I'm an RN lol

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Right lol.

[@jeremynedrow7003]

I have a Benchmade Puukko in Cpm 3v. 3v is one of the toughest steels you can get. Sometimes you just have to consider the source and understand that some people will talk shit regardless.

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Very true. But it’s fun calling them out

[@jeremynedrow7003]

@@peterbiltknifeguy well played sir😂.

[@pandabear631]

Love it…And like I keep saying “get your dear grandmother to the proctologist” yeah I know the benefits of a bountiful and endless amount of TP rolls helps the channel but at what cost Bro?

[@IanHanserwight]

Wow! You sure laid er back there didn't' you. Don't worry I messed a few edges up like that when I got my first belt grinder too. You have thinned her down like a straight razor. Don't worry, just keep practicing and you will get better. As long as you are using those cheap Chinese made knives you wont be out very much. Good video by the way. I like your channel.

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

#1. I didn’t mess it up. I convexed the edge. #2. It’s not that thin. It’s 16° each side and still very strong (I made a video proving that because of comments like this) saying I screwed it up. And #3. Thank you.

[@IanHanserwight]

@@peterbiltknifeguy Please calm down. I was only trying to share with you, a little of my many years of experience sharpening knives. I honestly didn't mean to get your blood pressure up. I can already tell that you are the know all, done all type. Well good luck in your path with that attitude. Some day you might wish you would have listened to someone like myself and realize how much farther you could have been in life. Regards my friend

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

@@IanHanserwight 😂 move on clown. If you have something to teach take it somewhere else. Nobody here wants your backhanded snarky jabs and comments. Further in life? Wow. Look at who’s a know it all now. You don’t know anything about me. But I can 100% tell by your profile picture that I’m already further along

[@jaakkolehto1487]

@@IanHanserwight Oh look, finally found at least one qwerty-veteran.

[@tylerkilshaw3294]

Hi, im just wondering how easily 3v will rust. Im not sure if i should get the 3v or VG-1.

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

It won’t rust easily. It’s semi stainless

[@tylerkilshaw3294]

​@@peterbiltknifeguy Thank you for the response. Would i need to oil the knife or just give it a wipe after use? All the best Tyler.

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

@@tylerkilshaw3294 oil if you want to be certain it won’t rust.

[@mikeboyce21]

I have lots of 3v knives and none of them have rusted. And i really dont baby them. I wipe them down jf they get wet. Other than that i dont do anything. And even on the occasion they get wet and dont get wiped down the most ive seen is very superficial surface rust that just wipes right off.

[@scottf.3808]

New stump of truth...LOL...I know alot....LOL....Happy Tday....Good stuff....

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

No. I had to chainsaw 3 inches off the top lol. Too many knife tips stuck in. I chipped 2 knives so far lol

[@scottf.3808]

@@peterbiltknifeguy A clean haircut as very nice....LOL...

[@sicsempertyrannis4104]

Weak tip. That’s what she said.😂🔪 jkjkjkjk

[@mikeboyce21]

This is exactly the kind of thing that drives me nuts. Take for example Joe-x i love that he destroys knives its entertaining and does give a little bit of info. But it also does a huge dis service to people who dont understand geometry and behind the edge thickness. Take for example one his latest tests. Was a busse steel heart 2. Which had the edge significantly thinned down to be a better chopper/slicer. And of course it failed. And then take the wtg ares which didnt fail but its behind the edge thickness was crazy wide and the geometry look like it was designed for be destructive tested. But he doesnt seem to understand that and calls the busse crap because it failed. 😅 also when he says something has great edge retention, when he actually means edge stability..and even then its mostly just geometry not actual edge stability of the steel itself.

[@D00MTR33]

15-16 degrees is plenty tough for a steel like 3v. A lot 9f people don't know how tough steel actually is. Most moras have a 14-15 degree edge on them but its just really broad. Yet no one says that's a weak edge. I have an old Spyderco manix 2 regrind to 0.007" bte in cpm m4 and i did a 9-10 dps edge on it and it held up fine for edc tasks.

[@chadthunderd1ck734]

Knife is ground almost as bad as my marauder bowie

[@billbertagnoli4226]

Probably the most copied knife in the world. I own an original In carbon v steel. Great knife.Thanks.

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

is 3v super hard steel

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

Not really

[@brr8888]

That edge looks very amateur though just saying.

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

It’s not a beauty queen. But 👍

[@michaelforrester9963]

Alot of people don't understand blade geometry or blade steel. You can most certainly get away with steeper grinds depending on thickness behind the edge and certainly with 3v since it's very very tough. It's not going to chip. It'll roll or dent before it ever chips. Now a harder steel with high edge retention you may not want to go that steep if it's a thin geometry. It all depends. Lots of variables. I'd say the knife there can take a 15 degree edge all day long. 99% of my knives are all between 15 and 20 degrees. Never more then 20. They are knives. They are meant to cut. They're not splitting mauls for christ sake lol

[@BigDaddySwingingMeat]

13 is the lowest I'd ever go with the sharpening angle on a knife and apparently Buck agrees, all Buck knives are sharpened at 13 to 16 dps. Most of my camping blades are kept at 20 dps. I keep my self defense blades and food prep blades at 13-15 dps depending on the blade.

[@cockamamiebumfuzzle9331]

There’s absolutely no proof of 3V being weak. There’s lots of proof that it is very durable. I can’t remember the name of the company, but they were testing their 3V blades durability and baton it through a pretty thick chain with very minimal damage

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

I don’t believe I said it was weak

[@cockamamiebumfuzzle9331]

Thanks for the breaking news, I was commenting about how so many other people have said they are weak. Didn’t mean to cause confusion

[@peterbiltknifeguy]

@@cockamamiebumfuzzle9331 lol. Sorry. My misunderstanding. They were saying my edge is isn’t going to be durable 🤦🏻‍♂️ and you’re right. 3V’s superpower is toughness

[@mikeboyce21]

I have a wakizashi from swamprat/busse thats 3v and some of the test videos are pretty darn impressive. The hrc is 61-63 and the edge is 18 degrees. Yet it can go through cinder blocks, 3/8 nail, chop wood and bone and most crazy in my opinion. Bend 90 degrees without taking a set. And then 180 degrees and although it does bend and stay bent im honestly shocked it didnt just explode 😂